Interior Design Co-worker

IKEA; Thane; On-site; INR 335,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

IKEA in Thane, Maharashtra seeks an interior design professional to craft inspiring room settings and showroom vignettes that reflect the IKEA identity. You will translate customer insights into functional, affordable home furnishing solutions and collaborate across teams to deliver engaging, cost-conscious displays.

The role requires experience in interior design, proficiency with AutoCAD, and basic English communication, with flexibility for shift work in a fast-paced retail environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Interior Design or related field.
• Experience with showroom styling and visual merchandising.
• Proficient in AutoCAD or similar design software.
• Basic English communication skills.
• Willing to work in shifts.

Responsibilities

• Create inspiring room settings, vignettes, and sales areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
• Translate customer insights and local market needs into functional and commercial home furnishing solutions.
• Contribute to showroom presentations showcasing different styles, price points, and living situations.
• Stay updated on home furnishing, retail, and lifestyle trends to bring creativity and innovation into the store.
• Ensure high-quality and cost-conscious implementation of all range presentations.
• Collaborate with the Com/In team and other departments to execute store action plans.
• Maintain a visually appealing, safe, and engaging shopping environment with the customer experience at the center.
• Support the store in strengthening customer engagement and delivering a seamless omnichannel shopping experience.

Skills

Interior design

Visualizing concepts

English communication

Education

Interior Design education/experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Who you are

You are passionate about home furnishing, interior design, and understanding how people live at home. You have a strong eye for aesthetics and enjoy creating inspiring, functional, and commercially relevant home furnishing solutions that reflect the IKEA identity. You are creative, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced retail environment where collaboration and hands-on execution are key. To succeed in this role, you bring:

• Passionate about home furnishing, interior design, and understanding how people live at home.
• Creative with a strong eye for aesthetics and detail.
• Able to create inspiring, functional, and commercially relevant home furnishing solutions aligned with the IKEA identity.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced retail environment with a hands-on approach.
• A collaborative team player who enjoys learning and working with others.
• Educated or experienced in Interior Design or a related field.
• Skilled in visualizing, drawing, and presenting creative ideas.
• Knowledgeable in AutoCAD or other relevant design software.
• Possess basic communication skills in English.
• Flexible to work in shifts.

Your responsibilities

• Create inspiring room settings, vignettes, and sales areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
• Translate customer insights and local market needs into functional and commercial home furnishing solutions.
• Contribute to showroom presentations showcasing different styles, price points, and living situations.
• Stay updated on home furnishing, retail, and lifestyle trends to bring creativity and innovation into the store.
• Ensure high-quality and cost-conscious implementation of all range presentations.
• Collaborate closely with the Communication & Interior Design (Com&In) team and other departments to execute store action plans.
• Maintain a visually appealing, safe, and engaging shopping environment with the customer experience at the center.
• Support the store in strengthening customer engagement and delivering a seamless omnichannel shopping experience.

Together as a team

Where others see home furnishing products, we see smart solutions to create a better everyday life. With a great deal of passion, imagination and brainstorming we turn colours, textiles and furniture into inspiring environments that excite, engage and convince IKEA visitors that they can do it too!

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don't apply for jobs unless they're 100% 'qualified'. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

From: 'Why Women Don't Apply for Jobs Unless They're 100% Qualified' by Tara Sophia Mohr, August 2014