What if your work could help make everyday life just a little bit better?

The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people – and we’re always searching for new and better ways to do it. We gather insights about life at home, learning about the needs and dreams of people all over the world. And we use our home furnishing knowledge to create products and solutions that will enable more people to live the life they want.

At IKEA Marketing & Communication we create world-class creative communication based on real needs and help the IKEA brand to reach and inspire more people. Located in Älmhult, Sweden, we’re a melting pot of many different nationalities and cultures – because in order to make things better for the many, we want to involve people from all parts of the world. But of course, we never forget our Swedish roots, which means our workday is sprinkled with words like “tillsammans”, “fika” and "påhittighet".

We are now looking for Project Leaders to join our PR & Experience Team
Within the PR and Experience team we share a deeper and clearer knowledge of what we do and why we do it by activating stories 365 days a year scaling up story making and we make Democratic Design and IKEA’s business plan priorities come to life through events both internal and external.

Are you stimulated by working in an agile, creative and future-oriented environment?

Can you lead the team in delivering projects with high strategic communication quality within the scope, time and costs agreed? Including maintaining stakeholder relationships, leading new project discussions and scenarios, defining resource requirements, and managing the development of communication from creation to production.

• Lead the project scope including brief, debrief, budget, process, resources, set timeframe and securing a high quality of the end deliverables led through communication, always linked to Life at home.
• Consider the assignment in the larger context, ensure the project’s relevance towards IKEA´s strategic directions.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting relationships with stakeholders across IKEA organizations, ensuring needs are fulfilled throughout the project.
• Lead and develop new possible solution linked to the different projects 
• Secure an understanding of the creative approach and communication concept to identify the appropriate production approach and options.
• Lead and inspire the assigned project team from creation to production in various projects that lands in different formats of events (physical, digital and hybrid events).
• Lead contract negotiations with freelancers and production partners in collaboration with the Assignment leader.

To be successful in this role you need to have extensive experience as the main Account/Project Manager with a proven track record of executing large projects for international clients that have been proven exceptionally successful.
As well as:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Marketing or Communication.
• Broad work experience leading projects within communication, marketing or related fields.
• Industry and market relevant knowledge within communication and marketing preferably with retail experience.
• Proven ability to lead a team of creative specialists, manage project budget, scope, resourcing, deliver on-time and on-budget.
• Experience working with a multichannel approach in an ever-changing reality (foresee production of content for different channels).
• Interest in/experience of developing digital/hybrid events with knowledge of technical supporting tools to strengthen the meeting experience.
• Experience working with complex organizational structures that involve many stakeholders.
• Experience of leading in the unknown, with speed and agility
• Excellent proven communication skills: verbal, written, listening, and presenting.
• Passion to leading and developing people, always with the focus life at home.
• Excellent in written and spoken English

In this recruitment process we are looking for 2 Project Leaders. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruitment specialist, Marie Sandman at +46768545309 or if you have questions around the role, you are welcome to contact hiring manager Felicia Asklund at +46730646881. The last day to send in your application is 11th January 2022. Welcome with your application!