Inter IKEA Group

Visual Merchandiser

Inter IKEA Group  •  State of New South Wales, AU (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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About this work area

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.

As a Visual Merchandiser 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.

Who you are

As a Visual Merchandiser, you are passionate about home furnishing and curious about how people live in their homes. You are a creative thinker with strong commercial awareness and a talent for transforming insights into inspiring retail environments that enhance the customer experience, drive sales, and bring the IKEA brand to life.

You are:

  • Experienced in visual merchandising within a retail environment, with a proven ability to create engaging and commercially relevant customer experiences.
  • Skilled in styling, space planning, colour coordination, presentation, and visual storytelling, with a strong eye for design and aesthetics.
  • Knowledgeable in store layouts, customer journeys, and visual merchandising principles, balancing creativity with commercial priorities.
  • Proficient in digital and design tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, and/or SketchUp to develop concepts and turn ideas into reality.
  • A strong communicator who builds effective relationships and collaborates confidently with a wide range of stakeholders across all areas of the business.
  • Comfortable taking initiative, influencing others, and driving projects through to successful outcomes.
  • Practical, hands-on, and highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.
  • Committed to continuous learning and personal development, actively seeking opportunities to grow your skills and expertise.
  • Passionate about creating inspiring, customer-focused spaces that reflect customer needs, home furnishing trends, and the IKEA vision.
  • Formally qualified in visual merchandising, interior design, design, or a related field, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.

Our team within IKEA

  • This role is Temporary (12 months contract) Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight.
  • The internal job title is Visual Merchandising/Activity Co-worker
  • This role is located on-site at IKEA Marsden Park
  • You must have the availability to work 7:00am - 3:00pm Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend and public holiday shifts as required by business needs.
  • 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.

Recruitment Process Overview:

  • Application: Please include a portfolio showcasing your design work with your application.
  • Video screening interview: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a brief pre-recorded video interview.
  • Hiring team interview: Candidates who progress to the next stage will be invited to attend an in-person interview.

Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

  • 5 weeks’ Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave 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 across retailers and service providers)
  • Novated leasing and EV subscription options
  • Superannuation salary sacrifice
  • Fitness Passport membership available
  • Bonus programme (where eligible)
  • Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

We need people like you

At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us!

Inter IKEA Group

About Inter IKEA Group

ONE BRAND, MANY COMPANIES AND MANY, MANY PEOPLE

We’re a diverse group of down-to-earth, straightforward people with a passion for home furnishing. We come from all over the world, but we share an inspiring vision: “to create a better everyday life for the many people”.

How we realise this vision is based on our shared humanistic values. These values are the foundation of our work and our inclusive, open and honest culture where you can be yourself. Our culture is based on the spirit of togetherness, enthusiasm and fun. And we’re always looking for people who share our positive attitude and values.

IKEA unites thousands of co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners, all over the world, organised in a franchise system. It’s one brand but it reaches millions of hearts and homes.

ABOUT INTER IKEA GROUP

The purpose of Inter IKEA Group is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the IKEA Concept. It has three core businesses: Franchise, Range & Supply and Industry.

• Inter IKEA Systems B.V. is the owner of the IKEA Concept and the worldwide IKEA franchisor. The assignment is to continuously develop the IKEA Concept and to ensure its successful implementation in existing and new markets. 11 different groups of companies own and operate IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. A large group of franchisees are owned & operated by INGKA Group. Inter IKEA Systems B.V. also assigns different IKEA companies to develop range, supply and communication.

• IKEA Range & Supply is responsible for developing and supplying the global IKEA range. This means working with the whole value chain: from the needs and wants of the many people, through product development and the sourcing of raw materials, to a product’s end-of-life.

• IKEA Industry is the largest producer of wooden furniture in the world and manufactures wood-based furniture for the IKEA product range. We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.

We can offer a wide variety of exciting roles and assignments - from product development to production and from distribution and store design to interior design. And much, much more! And we’re always looking for people who have the desire to learn and grow professionally right along with our business.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Delft, NL
Year Founded
1989
Website
ikea.com
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