Marketing Lead for IKEA Bootcamp - in collaboration with Rainmaking

Salary Competitive

Join us in building IKEA Bootcamp - IKEA's first ever startup program - in collaboration with Rainmaking. The program is the first large external innovation initiative from IKEA, and is one of our most exciting projects ever in Rainmaking. IKEA Bootcamp will be a unique opportunity for a few selected startups to deeply engage with one of the world’s most iconic brands. To build the best possible program, we need you! Read more about IKEA Bootcamp at IKEAbootcamp.rainmaking.io


The role:

As Marketing Lead, your role is to lead and execute the communication and marketing activities of the program, with the objectives of recruiting the most relevant startups and broadly promoting the program itself. The tasks includes both online and offline marketing such as content creation and thought leadership articles for social media, our website & other channels, communication & outreach to the startup ecosystem & press, creating online and offline marketing material and other ad hoc tasks. You are a self-starter and digital native who is able to navigate within the startup ecosystem. The job might include travelling outside Denmark.

What you’re awesome at:

  • You’re enthusiastic about the international startup ecosystem and eager to become part of it
  • You’re an excellent communicator and know how to adapt messages to different audiences
  • You’re convincing and have strong influencer skills
  • You’re a self-starter, but also a great team player
  • You’re ambitious, highly motivated and buzzing with energy
  • You’re super keen on learning fast and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves when needed

Candidates should have experience from working with marketing and communications within the startup ecosystem and preferably also the corporate world. We are looking for someone who understands both startups and corporates, and knows how to communicate with different audiences. However, we believe in learning by doing and we measure people by how far they walk the talk. There will be many opportunities, but it’s your job to seize them.

Start: Yesterday - we need someone who can start immediately 

Contract type: Project employment/Contract based (3-7 months)

Location: Copenhagen/Sweden

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Working at
Rainmaking

We’re a corporate innovation and venture development firm. We create, accelerate, and scale new business with the world’s leading corporations and entrepreneurs. Our multidisciplinary team consists of some of the most experienced venture builders, strategists, engineers, designers, data scientists and growth experts around. A company’s DNA is only set once. At Rainmaking we started out as entrepreneurs. People who came together to use their experiences to build impactful businesses. Whilst our activities have evolved, the entrepreneurial spirit is hardwired into our culture. We still approach every business, as if it were our own. Today, we solve challenges across the landscape of innovation. We work with companies and organizations of all shapes and sizes, from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 corporates. Our multidisciplinary team gathers venture builders, engineers, designers, data scientists, and growth experts. Over the last 12 years, we have expanded our global reach. There are now 10 Rainmaking Innovation Studios around the world, in addition to Startupbootcamp, our accelerator program, and Talent Garden Rainmaking, our workspaces for startups and innovation teams.

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