Home Furnishing & Design Manager, IKEA Marketing & Communication AB

Are you as passionate about interior design and communication as we are?
At IKEA Marketing & Communication AB, we are responsible for developing global communication for IKEA businesses and the IKEA product range and are as passionate about home furnishing and interior design as we are about communication. Now we’re looking for a manager to join our IMC studios in Älmhult, Sweden.

As Home Furnishing & Design Manager, you’ll be a part of developing global communication that strengthens the IKEA Brand and inspires more people to create a better everyday life at home.

In this role, you’ll lead a group of creative managers, who in turn lead teams of Interior Designers, Art Directors, Copywriters and UX Designers. It’s your responsibility to ensure that the Home Furnishing & Design teams have the right conditions to deliver excellent IKEA communication that’s on strategy, on time, and always at a low cost.
As a leader, you welcome diverse teams, ideas and experiences and foster a collaborative creative environment.
In the role you will:
Lead, inspire, and challenge creative teams and the wider organisation to explore new ways to reach consumers in an omnichannel environment.
Bring marketing trends, global insights about life at home and home furnishing knowledge to the Home Furnishing & Design group.
Contribute to creative directions that set the base for communication that strengthens the IKEA identity and makes our love for life at home come through.
Help set prerequisites for projects to deliver high creative quality in time and at a low cost.
Lead the home furnishing and communication competence development in the organisation.
Secure that our home furnishing solutions speak to more of the many people – reflecting the different home furnishing knowledge and interest levels in our markets.
Navigate in the digital possibilities, always on the outlook for the solution that fits the message and the frames that fits the solution.
Continuously expand our external network of freelancers and sub-suppliers, including negotiations of contracts.
Actively support the development of the IKEA Marketing & Communication business plan and action plans. Set and follow up goals that support growth and profitability.
Identify and lead improvements to ways of working.
Secure your own successor and successors for Home Furnishing and Design Managers by constantly searching for potential candidates and being actively involved in the entire recruitment process.
Lead by understanding how to apply the IKEA Tone of Voice, Democratic Design model in communication, IKEA Range and other IKEA strategies.
Work closely together with other IKEA Marketing & Communication functions, and other stakeholders within and outside IKEA.


Are you ready to make the world a little better, together? We want to hear from you!
This is a place where you can focus on doing what you love. There are no dress codes or closed offices. No day is ever the same. All ideas are welcome. Everyone tries to pitch in when needed, and failures are seen as a way of learning. When you enter our building, we want you to feel that you can inspire billions of people all over the world. 

We look forward to receiving your application in English by July 17th 2022. Please note that we will handle applications on a continuous basis, so if you are interested to apply please do so as soon as possible as we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidate
Please note that this position is in Älmhult, Sweden.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact mia.malmstrom@inter.ikea.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact Marie Sandman at marie.sandman@inter.ikea.com

You are warm welcome with your application and please note that due to summer vacation we may come back to you in the beginning of August.