Internal Communication Specialist for the Laboratory at HM Group

Company Description


Are you interested in being part of The Laboratory, H&M Group’s innovation lab, based in Stockholm? Do you have a passion for communication and have experience of working with internal communication? Would you describe yourself as an action-orientated team player that loves to deliver results? Then you might be the person we are looking for!


The Laboratory is the innovation hub of the H&M Group. Our mission is to help prepare the H&M Group for the future by challenging the way we do business. The Laboratory aims to provide an outside-in perspective on our business, industry, society and technology, with an aim to explore the future and challenge our thinking. We build relations within the start-up world, research trends and gain insights on where our industry is heading as well as test new ways of doing business.




Job Description


As Internal Communication Specialist at the Laboratory you will work in a multi-competence team consisting of data scientists, engineers, project managers and business developers with focus on testing new things to generate business benefit. Your mission is to translate the team’s findings and insights into different suitable modes and means of communication to challenge our business in a nice way and to reach our audiences in the most suitable way. You have the strategic and operational responsibility to initiate, lead, execute and follow-up on internal communications projects. You communicate proactively and reactively with our employees through our internal communications channels, and by doing so contribute to the Laboratory awareness. You will collaborate with other stakeholders, internal and/or external, in developing new ways of communicating or formats to improve and to increase engagement internally. The team holds the knowledge and will be the spokes people, but you will make sure they do it in the right way. From time to time you might have to work with agencies, for example when it comes to packaging and design, and you are comfortable in dealing and cooperating with them. Key responsibilities include:

You act as communications advisor and support to The Laboratory in their communication with central functions, leaders local/regional teams.
You set a strategy and goals for communications with an activity plan, tonality, communications synergies with other internal players, mode of communications i.e. PowerPoint, picture library, films, SharePoint, newsletter, events etc.
You own and take responsibility for the communication area for the Laboratory. You set up and ensure we work in the best and most efficient way when it comes to internal communication.You educate the team when it comes to communications and you make sure we set and follow an identity, tonality and hold some key messages from the Laboratory.






Qualifications


We believe that you are an open-minded and humble team player with a lot of ambition. You seek opportunities to learn and develop. You thrive in this role if you see the great value in communicating our findings and insights in the best way possible. You believe in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety and trust. Your focus is on value creation, growth, and serving the team with full ownership and accountability to deliver exceptional results. As for your professional background we are looking for candidates that have:
Formal education within Communication, if not, at least a couple of years’ experiences from similar positions
Experience from corporate communications or/and internal communication
You have excellent communication skills in English both written and spoken.
Knowledge in other languages is meriting





Additional Information


If you want to join our exciting journey and a fantastic team, please upload your CV (English) as soon as possible but at the latest August 8th 2021. Due to GDPR, we only accept applications through our career page.
This is a permanent position starting as soon as possible, based at our Head Office in Stockholm, Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application!
H&M is committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive environment and we are actively looking for qualified candidates irrespective of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, or age.