Art Director

What is IKEA Communications

IKEA Communications is where the IKEA offer comes to life in communication that inspires the many people. We contribute to IKEA with global consumer centric and content driven communication. We strive for an agile way of working when developing the business. At ICOM we believe that our workplaces should be about business & people. They should be sustainable and reflect our values and needs, both in the physical and the virtual working environment. We believe that we perform, innovate, collaborate and meet our business goals in the best way when we are able to choose where, when and how we work.

Here it is. Your chance to bring your passion for product and storytelling skills, to develop IKEA product communication, into the most influential small town in the world.

Each year IKEA Communications creates vast numbers of images, every one of which plays its part in making people's everyday lives a little better. And we need to produce even more, which presents a fantastic challenge. Product pictures are essential to the overall experience people have of IKEA and our products. They represent our range and help define and strengthen the IKEA visual identity.

Right now we're looking for an Art Director Product Communication Someone who loves to “direct the art” and produce visual identity. Someone who understands that an explanatory picture is truly worth a thousand words. And that a template is worth a thousand hours.

The Product communication department at IKEA Communications create, produce and deliver product communication. We produce 30 000 high quality images from 3D or photo, 3000 3D-models, store communication, on-pack communication and thousands of assembly instructions. All of the communication contributes to the IKEA customer understanding of IKEA products.

As an Art Director you will take creative lead in a diverse team to create and develop on-line visual product communication in high volumes. You will be responsible for:
Generate ideas and concepts for visual product communication.

Partner with the assignor and other stakeholders, to define and research the assignment and secure that the concepts meets the communication needs and purposes in the best way possible.
Together with Interior designer, Photographer, 3D artist and Retouch artist, transform concepts into visual communication in high volumes at the right quality.

Oversee in running production that the final result is in line with the original concept.
Visualize ideas together with team members and present the idea and solutions to assignors.

Develop and maintain good relations and excellent collaboration with all team members and stakeholders, within and outside ICOM.
Apply the Customer Experience Map, and IKEA positioning and communication strategies and maintain best practices.

We think that you in this assignment have to be goal- and delivery oriented with a passion for visual consumer communication, customer needs and digital production techniques. You find true motivation in the challenge of high volume production and contributing to the long term visual identity. You embrace change, engage in development by sharing knowledge and experience. You have an ability to lead, inspire and motivate others and a strong drive to secure client satisfaction.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

Education or working experience in communication, art or visual communication or equivalent.

At least 2-3 years documented work experience within the area of concept development, visual communication.

Good knowledge of IKEA trademark, visual guidelines and mandatories.

Deep knowledge of visual communication, imagery and consumer behaviors.

Good knowledge in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator.

Fluent in English both written and spoken.

Is this the next challenge for you?

We look forward to receiving your application and link to portfolio, as soon as you have decided that this could be something for you. Please note that this position is placed in Älmhult, Sweden.

This position was posted 2017-10-24 and may be online up to 3 weeks following this date. We do not have an application deadline for this position. We take candidates into the recruitment process continuously and close the position down once we have found the right candidate.

If you are one of the candidates we feel have the required experience we will contact you by email.