Do you have a passion for people, marketing and communication? Can you create unique and relevant technical communication for products? Are you passionate about making the complex easy to understand? Here it is. Your chance to take on the challenge as Marketing & Communication Technical Specialist in one of the most influential small towns in the world!

We are on an exciting journey the years to come where we will strengthen the core of what we do in Core Business Range. One of these areas is Marketing & Communication where the focus is on strengthening the IKEA brand and making the shopping journey for our customers smoother and more rewarding. We will continue sharing what we do and why, to create engagement and build curiosity and trust for the IKEA brand – both inside and outside the IKEA world.  

Right now we are looking for a Marketing & Communication Technical Specialists for Business Area (CHILI) Children’s & Lighting,

In the role as Marketing & Communication Technical Specialist your will work on making the buying process of our range as easy and smooth as possible for our customers, ensuring that they have what they need to make a purchase decision. Examples can include technical and legal communication on packaging, planners or configurators, measurements, material and care instructions etc.

Your main responsibilities include:

• To analyse and identify the need of communication content of a technical nature, based on real customer needs and legal requirements
• To secure the customer perspective in technical communication throughout the product development process
• To create and follow-up technical communication content, working closely with Range & Product Engineering
• To brief and lead communication production suppliers to secure content readiness
• To contribute to the annual Marketing & Communication Action Plan with a technical communication perspective, as well as impact on budget
• To contribute to the M&C Matrix by co-creating common ways of working, tools and methods, by having an open innovative mind-set

We are looking for you with passion for technical communication! You are guided by simplicity and you always strive to exceed customer expectations by delivering high quality communication. You have the ability to turn complex technical information into customer friendly, simple documentation.

You enjoy working in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment even when it includes complex assignments or tight deadlines. You enjoy taking initiatives and lead the development of product communication content with a customer perspective, and have the ability to juggle competing priorities.

You are detail oriented and bring structure into your tasks. You have excellent communication skills securing the IKEA tone of voice and have the ability to networking across functions and organizations.

We look forward to receiving your application – CV and letter of motivation – in English latest May 21st 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 contact: Boel Lagerwall Marketing & Communication Manager at [email protected]

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter, Marie Sandman on +46 768545309