Graphic Design Specialist

Hays; Auckland; On-site; NZD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

IKEA is seeking a Graphic Communication Specialist to join their team in Auckland. This role involves overseeing customer communication and applying graphic design skills to enhance the shopping experience. Ideal candidates will have proficiency in design software and a passion for home furnishings. Join us in creating a better everyday for Kiwis!

Benefits

5 weeks of Paid Annual Leave

24/7 access to Employee Assistance Program

15% discount for co-workers

Affordable, nutritious meals

Provided co-worker uniform

Qualifications

• Experience with graphic design software and production tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Te Reo Māori is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to positioning the IKEA store as the first choice for home furnishing.
• Overseeing customer store communication.
• Improving graphic communication inside and outside the store.

Skills

Proficiency in Adobe InDesign

Proficiency in Adobe After Effects

Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator

Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop

Knowledge of Adobe Premiere

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Ability to explain concepts verbally

Ability to prioritise and organise work

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Practical hands-on approach

Enthusiastic about assignments

Knowledge of Te Reo Māori

Alignment with IKEA values

Job description

Want to make something extraordinary? Come make it at IKEA.We’re opening our first store in Aotearoa. This is your chance to become part of the IKEA whānau and be part of something historic from day one. Together with all our co-workers, we’re on a mission to create a better everyday for the many people. Now, we’re preparing to bring that mission to the many Kiwis!

Because we know that great ideas can come from anywhere, everyone has the potential to make a real impact at IKEA. Whether you're a creative thinker, a problem solver, or someone who loves helping others, there’s room for you to grow here. After all, some of our best leaders started their journey on the shop floor. Now it's your turn to help assemble our story in Aotearoa.

We’re excited to announce multiple openings for Graphic Communication Specialist to join our team at IKEA. If have a deep passion, curiosity, energy and understanding of graphic design, home furnishing and people’s everyday lives at home, we want to hear from you!

Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

• 5 weeks of Paid Annual Leave, Parental Leave Pay, and more.
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support.
• 15% discount for co-workers.
• Affordable, nutritious meals with complimentary drinks in our co-worker restaurant.
• Provided co-worker uniform.

But that’s enough about us. Over to you now.

Why we will love you

As a Graphic Communication Specialist, you seamlessly blend creative and commercial visual competence with a keen eye for aesthetics in graphic design. Your technical strengths are evident through your experience with graphic design software and production tools.

About this work area

As a Graphic Communication Specialist 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.
• Taking a leading role in overseeing the complete range of customer store communication.
• Applying your extensive knowledge and understanding of people’s life at home and their buying behaviour to improve graphic communication inside and outside the IKEA store to facilitate the buying process.
• Ensuring IKEA graphic communication is clear, consistent, understandable, uncluttered, and correctly placed.
• Using your graphic design skills, IKEA Concept and IKEA visual and copy identity to create and implement graphic solutions that support commercial priorities and our visual uniqueness.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate store communication strategies that support a convenient shopping experience by using the knowledge about life at home and shopping behaviour in the local market.
• Comfortable with the dynamic between hands on work and strategic implementation.

To be considered for this role experience in the following is essential:

• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign & Adobe After Effects. Highly regarded knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere & Microsoft Office.
• Ability to explain concepts verbally and visual interpretation.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own work to make the most efficient use of available time and meet agreed deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Practical hands-on approach to work.
• Enthusiastic about assignments and working with others in a team.
• Knowledge of Te Reo Māori and or Te Ao Māori, with the ability to write and visually represent is highly desirable but not essential.
• Alignment with IKEA values, with a passion for home furnishings and the ability to integrate equality, diversity, and inclusion practices within the workplace.

What you need to know

• This role is permanent.
• The work location for this role once the store is open will be IKEA Sylvia Park & occasionally our external warehouse in Māngere by Auckland airport. Until then, you will likely be based from a temporary office in Auckland.
• As our store operates 7 days per week, you must have the availability to work a rotating roster with a mix of day and evening shifts based on store trading hours. You also must have the availability to work alternating weekend shifts.
• The internal title for this role is Graphic Communication Specialist.
• The expected start date for this role is 28th July.
• The first step of the recruitment process will be an application form. If you are successful to the next step, you will be notified via email and be invited to complete a video Interview.
• As part of the recruitment process this role requires a pre-employment check for final candidates including a reference check and an MOJ check.
• IKEA Sylvia Park is non-smoking workplace.
• Car parking will not be provided therefore IKEA encourages all co-workers to utilise public transport whenever possible.
• Applications close 2nd June.
• Got questions? Drop us a line at [e-mail] we're all ears!

We need people like you

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

This is more than just a job. At IKEA, we want to build careers that let you look back and know you’ve made it. That’s why we foster a work environment where you feel comfortable bringing your whole self to mahi and make the most of your talents. When you work at IKEA, you're joining a place where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your wellbeing comes first. Because that's what “making it” is all about.

We believe everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society, and the planet. So if you’re passionate about making the world a better place, making a whare an inspiring space, or simply making someone’s day, apply now and make it at IKEA.