Marketing Communications Specialist

Enthusiasm, togetherness, and a "get-it-done" attitude is what our IKEA culture is built upon. We're optimists, constantly looking for new and better ways to do things. We believe that you, as us, will thrive when meeting incredible people that are on the same mission at IKEA. People who are humble, supportive, and absolutely committed to leading home-furnishing retail into the future and creating a better life for many people by putting the customer at the heart of all we do.

Join our team as Marketing Communication Specialist in IKEA SEE 

Why working in IKEA is so much more than a job?

We're a company that cares about the lives of our co-workers. It's important for us that you feel respected, acknowledged, and included. No matter what position we hold at IKEA, you'll have a variety of benefits. Here are just some of them:

• Are you more into working from office or home? We are open to both, it’s up to you how you will tailor your day.  And as home furnishing experts we will provide you our office furniture if you choose to work mostly from home.
• We believe that each of us contributes to reaching (and exceeding) our goals. That's the idea behind our unique, performance-driven bonus program: One IKEA Bonus. It rewards us for improving our business – together!
• Is there an additional room you would like to refurbish? As an IKEA co-worker, you have discounts on all our products
• Your health and well-being are our top priorities, so we provide you private medical subscription and life insurance
• We understand that everyone needs help with life challenges and daily demands from time to time. We offer you 24/7 support from external experts if needed with work, personal and emotional issues, or you need legal or financial advice
• There are many opportunities to grow so we will arrange you with a wide offer of online training using our learning platform and if you want to change your career or position, you don't need to change company to change a job – we have many opportunities and examples of our co-workers changing position, location or even country
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WHO YOU ARE

You have:

• Formal qualifications in Marketing, Communication or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Marketing Communications
• Broad knowledge of Marketing, Communication in Retail, Marketing creative and production process, Marketing Technology and media channels
• Good knowledge of operational plans and goals as well as follow up on KPIs
• Good knowledge of change management methods and tools as well as stakeholder management
• Strong creative writing and editing skills, together with a talent to create communication solutions
• Ability to deliver within scope of tasks and perform with quality and speed
• Ability to follow up on work done and capture learnings to improve
• Passionate about discovering new ways to engage with media and bring stories to life
• We believe that you have strong communication skills in English both written and spoken

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

About the job:

To execute marketing communication activities, adapting global content locally and ensuring consistency in messaging, tone and brand identity.

About the assignment:

• Act as a member of the Marketing team and proactively contribute to marketing plan/output in order to deliver   to the common objectives and goals
• Responsible for executing the consistency of messages, tone of voice and brand identity in marketing communication
• Responsible for effectively adapting global content locally
• Project lead local campaigns and content where necessary including creative briefing, creative review and production, managing budgets and timelines, agency management and campaign follow up
• Actively cooperate with all key stakeholders within commercial and beyond to secure integration, common focus and maximize impact
• Contribute to the integrated multichannel executions/output of the function in order to contribute to the business goals
• Be an active player in driving an open and sharing climate, be a role model of the IKEA values, and contribute to the transformation of IKEA
• Support all initiatives within an d outside commercial included in the agreed communication plan (e.g. promote home solar)

APPLY NOW!

We offer a permanent and full time (40 hours) contract, based in Belgrade, Serbia.

We strongly encourage and warmly welcome applications of people of all cultures, backgrounds and experiences because we believe that diversity in IKEA SEE makes us stronger.

We are looking forward to getting to know you soon!