Web and Social Media Leader i Älmhult, Sweden

Web and Social Media Leader, IKEA Museum

Are you curious about the Story of IKEA and how we want to make a better everyday life for the many people?

Our passion of improving people’s life at home is what motivates us at IKEA. We’re constantly searching to find new ways to be better. We use insights from real life at home all over the world, learning about the needs and dreams of people. We use our home furnishing knowledge to help inspire people with ideas and solutions that will help them live the life they want.

IKEA Museum has the task to share the story of IKEA and how we make things better through our unique formula; Democratic Design. We build and strengthen the IKEA brand by offering a high-quality experience, by interacting with people in the context of life at home, home furnishing and design as well as inviting people behind the scenes of IKEA, giving a more intimate experience of the brand.

After three years of learnings from our visitors, we are in an exciting phase of taking the IKEA Museum to its next step and make the IKEA Museum even more inspiring and creative meeting place. For this journey, we’re on the lookout for passionate doer, idea maker, creative thinker – a person who wants to find answers to everyday problems in people’s lives, for society and the planet.

At IKEA Museum, we’re people-centric, have a passion for making great stuff. We work closely and together with our colleagues across IKEA. We are located in Älmhult, Sweden, in the historic site of the first IKEA store established 1958. Älmhult is 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. Nonetheless, we never forget our Swedish heritage that forms the backbone of who we are today.

Do you also believe in celebrating the everyday life? Do you want to be part of making it happen from idea to experience? Then keep on reading.

IKEA Museum Digital is one of the four Strategic Focus Areas in the museum Business Plan NOW – FY22.  IKEA Museum Digital will include digital presence across platforms and devices to be used to attract, engage and interact with people interested in home furnishing, design and IKEA whether they are in Älmhult or somewhere else - before, during and after their visit. IKEA Museum Digital will make the Story of IKEA accessible to people across the globe, especially for all IKEA co-workers.
This assignment is a strategic and hands on role where you, together with different stakeholders, leaders and co-workers within your area, are responsible to lead the development of digital media in the IKEA Museum.
It includes support in defining, developing and leading the overall strategic guidelines to enable world class content management and development as well as being hands on what needs to be done just now. The assignment includes also responsibility to turn insights into marketing intelligence making sure we are always in the forefront and lead with data driven approach both in the website and in social media. 

• You have an extensive experience of digital media development, preferably in a global environment, as a Webmaster, Social media specialist
• You have a passion to develop business and people with proven organisational and leadership skills
• You have ability to develop and support in long term strategies and set them to action plans
• You have the capability to develop and lead processes and cooperate with specialists, selected partners and suppliers
• You have experience of team leadership and to work in processes with many cross functional stakeholders
• You have problem solving ability and high self-awareness together with the ability to see both big picture and focus on details
• You are curious about the IKEA vision “to create a better everyday life for the many people” and of the IKEA Concept and business idea.
• You are willing to understand and live the IKEA culture and share the IKEA Key values
• You understand what it means to work inside of set frameworks and towards common goals
• You are fluent in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

The position is permanent on full time and it is located in Älmhult, Sweden.

If you have questions about the recruitment process, please contact . If you have questions about the job specifics, please contact: .

We do not accept applications by e-mail. If you are one of the candidates and we think that you have the required experience, we will contact you by email or phone to plan a telephone interview. In some cases, recruitment processes may take time, so we kindly ask you to be patient in this regard.

Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis and your application needs to be sent latest 13.03.2020.

We are looking forward receiving your application in English!