Job Description

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:
• 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
• Digital Entertainment membership (thousands of discounts for dining, fun activities, shopping and travel across Australia & New Zealand)
• Bonus programme (where eligible)
• Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

Additional Information:
• This role is Permanent Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight.
• The internal job title is Visual Merchandising/Activity Co-worker
• This role is located on-site at IKEA Rhodes
• You must have the availability to work 7:30am - 3:30pm 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 Interview: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to complete a brief video interview.
• Group Interview: Candidates who progress to the next stage will be invited to attend a group interview on Tuesday, 11 August 2026.
• Panel interview: as final round, you will be invited to meet with two members of the hiring team for an in-person interview.

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.
• A creative thinker, with commercial visual competence and a keen eye for 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!