Ingka Centres: Meeting Place Marketing Specialist

"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

Location

Brighton

Employment type

Full Time Permanent

Department

Marketing & Communication

Deadline

2026-08-05

Candidate profile (text) - Default language Meeting Place Marketing Specialist, Churchill Square, Brighton. Ingka Centres. R4G

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you will contribute to creating vibrant, engaging and high-performing Meeting Places that attract visitors, strengthen the community connection and support commercial success. You will play a key role in delivering marketing activities that drive footfall, enhance brand presence and create meaningful experiences for customers and partners.

As a Meeting Place Marketing Specialist, you will work closely with internal teams, tenants, partners and external stakeholders to deliver integrated marketing campaigns, events and activations across multiple channels.

Your main responsibilities will include:

Executing integrated, multi-channel go-to-market plans, including campaigns, activations, programming and events aligned with Meeting Place goals

Supporting community engagement initiatives, coordinating local activities and facilitating communication with local stakeholders and authorities where required

Coordinating partner and tenant activations, ensuring alignment with commercial priorities and delivering value for both visitors and partners

Gathering customer insights, data and performance metrics to support reporting and ongoing improvement of marketing effectiveness

Creating, adapting and publishing engaging content across Meeting Place channels, ensuring consistency, quality and relevance

Supporting the delivery of a strong and consistent brand presence across all customer touchpoints

This role will report to the Meeting Place Manager.

WHO YOU ARE:

You are a proactive and organised marketing professional who enjoys bringing ideas to life and creating engaging experiences for customers and communities. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are confident working across multiple activities and are motivated to deliver high-quality results.

You bring:

A university degree or a minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in marketing, events or activation

Experience in coordinating campaigns, events or community initiatives across multiple channels

A good understanding of integrated marketing, content creation and brand consistency

Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities

Analytical capability, with experience gathering insights, supporting reporting and measuring performance

Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders

A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to work independently and drive delivery

A passion for creating engaging customer experiences and connecting with local communities

This vacancy is connected to Resetting for Growth Transformation

We will review applications continuously, so please submit your application and CV as soon as possible.

Advertising Closing Date: 5th August 2026

1st Stage interviews will take place from 27th to 7th August 2026

Starting Salary from: £38,000.00 plus Ingka Centers Benefits Package

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

Living our values

Being your unique self, while respecting and including others

A passion for home furnishing

Performing & delivering while learning & developing

Having fun!