IKEA Commnunications AB

Here it is. Your chance to bring your coordination ability and your passion for product communication to the most influential small town in the world

Can you reach out to the whole world, while working in a tranquil idyll in the middle of nowhere? In Älmhult you can.

Älmhult, Sweden, is home to IKEA Communications AB (aka ICOM). It’s the place where we produce IKEA.com, which attracts 2.1 billion visitors a year. We’re also behind the IKEA catalogue with a yearly circulation of around 230 million copies. On top of that, we churn out a ton of content for social media – not to mention motion media and 3D work so cutting edge that it makes the folks in California sit up and take notice. So, what happens in Älmhult definitely doesn’t stay in Älmhult. It reaches practically every corner of the globe.

Right now we're looking for a Product Picture Coordinator. Someone who’s passionate about the production of global communication, who navigates in the digital possibilities always on the outlook for the solution that fits the message and the frames that fit the solution.

The Product Picture Business Area at IKEA Communications create, produce and deliver product communication. We yearly produce 30 000 high-quality product pictures from 3D or photo, and product films in order to enhance the customer experience and tell the story about our products. All of the communication contributes to the IKEA customer understanding of IKEA products. 

As Product Picture Coordinator you are coordinating the production and delivery of the product picture assignment, ensuring consistency of product picture development.

In the role you will:

• Participate in preplanning meeting and follow up on the scope of each sales start.
• Ensure that all incoming orders contain the complete relevant information and components before the start of production by collecting product information, analyzing the brief and secure samples and 3D models.
• Contribute to the planning of production by compiling picture/film information and samples/3D models in a clear and logical way.
• Communicate deviations in scope, time-plan and quality to the relevant stakeholder.
• Coordinate between assignor and production team.
• Ensure quality assurance of the final product pictures or films according to briefs, concepts and guidelines.
• Contribute to the optimization of the production flow for product pictures and films.
• Build and maintain good relations and cooperate closely with assignors and production teams.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Education or work experience within communication, 3D, motion media or equivalent.
• Knowledge in image production, film production and/or 3D modelling.
• Experience in planning, coordination and administration of projects of different scopes and complexities.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Ability to interpret a brief and translate into efficient image production.
• Ability to handle large amounts of data and navigate multiple technical systems.
• Strong organizational, planning and problem-solving skills.
• Strong people skills, able to influence collaboration between stakeholders/work groups

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Please note this position based in Älmhult, Sweden.

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as you have decided that this could be something for you.

This position was posted 2018-12-19 and may be online up to 3 weeks following this date. We do not have an application deadline for this position. We take candidates into the recruitment process continuously and close the position down once we have found the right candidates. If you are one of the candidates we would like to interview, we will contact you by email.

In some cases recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard. If you have any questions about the actual recruitment process, please contact AoRui via aorui.pu@ ikea.com.