Our team within IKEA
At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.
We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work. We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion. We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing. We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.
What you need to know
Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:
- Leave entitlements – 5 weeks Paid Annual, Paid Parental, Family & Community and much more
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
- 15% Co-worker discount
- Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
- Co-worker uniform provided
- Free Co-worker parking
- Free benefits membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers).
- Bonus programme (where eligible)
- Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)
Application:
- Please include a portfolio showcasing your design work with your application.
- As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks.
- Successful candidates will need to obtain a National Police Check.
About this work area
As Visual Merchandising Co-worker your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Contributing to positioning the IKEA store as the first choice for home furnishing in your local market.
- Creating inspiring and commercially relevant home furnishing solutions that improve people’s lives at home.
- Using your visual merchandising and design expertise to strengthen the IKEA identity through store layout, range presentation and customer experience.
- Planning, coordinating and delivering projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring deadlines and commercial objectives are met.
- Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders across the store to bring ideas to life and influence positive business outcomes.
- Communicating and presenting design concepts in a clear, engaging and commercially compelling way.
- Supporting a culture of collaboration by sharing knowledge, providing constructive feedback and contributing to team success.
- Being active and hands-on throughout the store, ensuring ideas are successfully executed to a high standard.
As Visual Merchandising Co-worker you are:
- Passionate about home furnishing and curious about how people live in their homes.
- A creative thinker with strong commercial visual competence and a keen eye for design and aesthetics.
- Experienced in visual merchandising, spatial planning, interior design or a similar discipline.
- Experienced using digital and design programs such as Microsoft Apps, Revit and/or SketchUp to develop concepts and turn ideas into reality.
- Practical and hands-on, with the ability to organise your workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.
- A strong communicator who can build effective relationships and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
- Comfortable taking initiative, influencing others and driving projects to successful outcomes.
- Able to balance creative thinking, commercial priorities and operational execution to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
- Formally qualified in design, interior design, visual merchandising or a related field, or equivalent professional visual merchandising experience.
We need people like you
At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us!