Marketing & Communication Communicator working in the smart air team at IKEA Home smart.

At BA IKEA Home smart we develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realize their dreams. All on their terms. Because we believe everyone deserves a smart home.

To succeed, we look for new ways of integrating technology and digital solutions into furniture and life at home. We explore opportunities throughout the home and we work closely with other Business Areas to both drive transformation of existing range and develop new smart products to attract new customers to IKEA.
We’re still at the beginning–there is lots more to come.

Do you have a passion for marketing and communication? Do you easily create unique and relevant communication for products? Can you transform product information to truly inspiring customer benefits that turn interested shoppers into keen IKEA lovers? Here it is. Your chance to take on the challenge as Marketing & Communication Communicator and join our team that develops products in the smart air segment. 

As Marketing & Communication Communicator, you create and secure high quality communication content for our consumer facing touch points to make the buying process easy and smooth for our customers.

Your main responsibilities include: 

• Analyze and identify the need of product and range communication content, based on insights and customer needs, in order 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 briefing to the execution of communication in 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 a communication perspective throughout the Product life cycle and the customer experience journey.
• Contribute to the Marketing & Communication budget in the Business area, as well as to the yearly Meeting the Customer plan on a tactical level.

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 a communication perspective throughout the Product life cycle and the customer experience journey.
• Contribute to the Marketing & Communication budget in the Business area, as well as to the yearly Meeting the Customer plan on a tactical level.

We are looking for you who have a true passion for communication, business and branding! You are guided by simplicity and always strive to exceed customer expectations by delivering high quality communication.

You have you have experience from working with marketing & communication, and know how to apply a range and communication direction to product communication.

You enjoy taking initiatives and to lead and drive product- and range communication content with a customer perspective. You are detailed, structured and analytical end enjoy working cross functions and organizations.

At IKEA Home smart we see that you have strong motivations in the following areas:

• Passionate about creating a great user experience and innovations in the area of smart homes
• Energetic, driven and committed to deliver result in a high paced environment
• Solution oriented team player
• Motivated in working in a rapidly changing environment
• High entrepreneurial drive: Stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, always striving to develop better products and solutions

Strongly preferred competencies and experiences:

• Some experience from the industry/market of Internet of Things and experience from working in the Marketing and Communication field
• IKEA of Sweden work experience or IKEA retail experiences
• Knowledge in digital solutions and digital interfaces for consumer products
• Capability in agile development methods of products/solutions

Does this sound like your next challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English latest June 19, 2022. We will be interviewing continuously, which means that we may close the application process earlier than stated if we find the right candidates.

Please note this is a temporary assignment, period from 01/06/2022 until 31/08/2023.          Location: Älmhult