Marketing & Communication Communicator

Do you have a passion for marketing and communication? Can you turn consumer needs into inspiring and relevant range communication, that turn interested shoppers into keen IKEA lovers?  Here it is. Your chance to take on the challenge as Marketing & Communication Communicator in Living room seating when our colleague will be on parental leave.

Some call it Living room, we call it Loving room! Both because of the spirit in which we have decided to work, and also because it is a room and a range that we and our customers should love, and thereby create a better everyday life for many more people!

The living room is the heart of the home and where we shape our lives together with family and friends – we relax, socialize and organize our living – and the sofa, armchair or sofa bed are central to many of the activities taking place in this important space. Our seating offer should also be affordable, beautiful and comfortable, and we are now on a journey to become the destination for living room seating. And it’s a journey where we don’t compromise on our Loving room spirit, where we build on our strengths while constantly improving where we need to, and we do it together!

As Marketing & Communication Communicator, you develop strong communication for our range while also supporting communication topics which improves the quality of our consumer facing communication as well as our ways of working in the team.

Your main responsibilities include to: 
Analyze and identify the need of product and range communication content, based on insights and customer needs, to decide what, when and how to communicate for all consumer-facing media and channels
Secure the customer perspective from a range and product communication point of view in the product development process (DNP) when developing news, improves and running range
Manage the execution of the communication production in the different media activation projects
Approve, follow-up and secure that communication messages are fulfilled in the communication execution.
Proactively inform communication production suppliers about upcoming plans to secure the content readiness
Work with product from communication perspective throughout the Product life cycle and the customer experience journey
Contribute to the Marketing & Communication budget in the BA, as well as to the yearly Meeting-the-Customer plan on a tactical level

A few more details for you

This position is full-time (40 hours per week) and is located in Malmö, Sweden. Travel may  be required in the future.

Please send your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English by 22 05 23. We really want to get to know you, so make sure you tell us why you want to work at IKEA Core Business Franchise and why you would be a good fit for this role.

If you have any questions regarding the position please contact Alf Jensen (alf.jensen@inter.ikea.com).
The position is based in Älmhult, Sweden. Preferred starting date is June 1, 2022, ending February 28, 2023.

Does this sound like your next challenge?

We look forward to receiving your application in English latest May 10th, 2022. Please note that we will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please Cecilia Nilsson, Marketing & Communication Manager, BA Living room, cecilia.nilsson12@inter.ikea.com. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Marie Sandman, +46 768545309.