Visual (UI) Designer | IKEA Home Smart

At Business Area (BA) IKEA Home Smart you will join an amazing group of talented, passionate people with an entrepreneurial mindset who are set on democratizing the smart home. We develop smart products to enable a smarter life at home for people all over the world. We are curious and passionate about creating solutions that solve real-life problems and help people realize their dreams.

In the UX Team, we would like to work with people that are passionate about creating innovative solutions and great user experiences. This is a team built upon energetic and friendly team players, who are driven and committed to delivering great results in a dynamic environment. We have a high entrepreneurial drive, always stretching boundaries, challenging what already exists, and always striving to develop better products and solutions. We love the diversity of human nature, and we hope that you do, too.

As a Visual (UI) Designer, you will create compelling and meaningful experiences for a diverse group of people all around the world through our smart home eco-system.

To be successful in this role, we think
You have a university-level education in the areas of Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Animation or similar. 
You are a wizard in Figma, skilled in storytelling, typography, design systems, and accessibility with an ability to make complicated technology friendly to many people.
You have a proven track record (5+ years) as a designer working on innovative digital solutions, including interfaces for consumer products. 
Furthermore, you have experience of modern digital product development processes from global organizations, including Agile and Lean.
Our corporate language is English, so you need to be fluent in English, both verbally and in writing.
In this role, you will define and control visual elements in user flows and reusable elements for IKEA Home smart apps, occasionally lead external agencies for project-based design assignments and drive insight-based decisions through data and evidence as well as empathy

You will do this by ensuring a clear synergy between user behavior, technology, and IKEA needs and by challenging existing solutions by driving meaningful creativity throughout the development process. Meanwhile, work closely with our Design System team as well as build and maintain local component libraries.

Furthermore, you will
Connect the needs of design, engineering, and business in a great balance.
Use early prototyping and research as everyday tools to refine the experiences
Support UX Team in creating aspirational concepts for the future of smart home
Challenge existing solutions by driving meaningful innovation and creativity throughout the development.
Enable stakeholders to prioritize solutions that are beneficial for the user, the society, and the planet through your visual prowess.

This role is a full-time position based in Älmhult or Malmö office. Please submit a portfolio of your work either as a link or as a PDF, so that we can get to know your work. Applications with a portfolio are mandatory.

Please contact [email protected] for more information about the recruitment process, due to the summer vacation, our selection process will be a little bit longer than usual.

About IKEA 

At IKEA, we do things a little different. We think, differently. Act, differently. And work differently as well. We like to break things. Like rules. And then make things. Like music-playing lamps. And beds disguised as sofas. Even plantballs that help us look after our planet. It’s all part of our vision - to create a better everyday life for the many. And it’s been keeping our co-workers going for over 75 years. By 2030, we hope to help millions more look forward to going home.

IKEA of Sweden, or IoS, is responsible for developing the IKEA range and making it available to stores and customers all over the world. IoS is based in Älmhult – the heart of IKEA and the center of IKEA range development