In Store Designer

IKEA; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Co-worker discount

Dental and vision plans

Medical and Rx plans

24/7 telehealth visits

Retirement and bonus plans

Education assistance and learning

Pet insurance program

Paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks)

Job summary

IKEA in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Retail Communication & Interior Design Co-worker to create inspiring, functional home furnishing solutions on the store floor and in showrooms. You will apply interior design knowledge to reflect the IKEA identity across media, rooms, and sales areas while managing a diverse showroom mix to appeal to a broad range of customers.

The role emphasizes visual merchandising, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and a strong customer-focused approach in a

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Interior Design or related field.
• At least 1 year of relevant work experience.
• Experience with visual merchandising or interior design in retail.
• Strong visual sense and aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Apply home furnishing expertise to reflect IKEA across media, room settings, vignettes, and sales areas.
• Maintain showroom matrix with diverse styles, living situations, and price levels.
• Leverage visual merchandising to enhance IKEA identity through layout and range presentations.
• Drive store growth by executing the action plan and collaborating across functions.
• Apply local insights to create inspiring, affordable presentations.
• Prioritize visitor experience by minimizing disruption and ensuring safety and visual impact on the shop floor.
• Follow routines, collaborate across functions, and seize commercial opportunities.
• Ensure quality, efficiency, and cost-consciousness in range presentations using US guidelines.
• Support a strong IKEA culture that embraces diversity of co-workers and customers.

Skills

Interior design

Visual merchandising

Customer-focused mindset

Retail experience

Education

Associate degree in Interior Design

Job description

Why we will love you

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share your uniqueness. Join our team and start a better life for yourself.

What you'll be doing day to day

Now is an exciting time to join IKEA! Our goal is to become accessible to more Americans by bringing IKEA closer to our customers physically and digitally. Our new Customer Meeting Points (CMPs) are compact locations offering a customer pickup hub, a furniture showroom with design services, and a home furnishing accessories market hall along with the opportunity to enjoy a Swedish bite. The store offering will vary depending on the location.

As a Retail Communication & Interior Design Co-worker, creating inspiring, functional, and commercial home furnishing solutions, you will:

• Apply home furnishing expertise to ensure they consistently reflect and strengthen IKEA across all functional media, including room settings, homes, vignettes, and sales support areas.
• Maintain awareness of the Showroom matrix to ensure a diverse mix of styles, living situations, and price levels that create a dynamic visual tempo and distinct impressions.
• Leverage visual merchandising expertise to enhance the distinctiveness of the IKEA identity through impactful store layout, compelling range presentations, and vibrant in-store vitality.
• Drive business growth by executing the store action plan and collaborating across functions for long-term success.
• Apply local insights to create inspiring, affordable presentations that reflect diverse styles and exceed expectations.
• Prioritize visitor experience by minimizing disruption, maintaining safety, and ensuring strong visual impact while working on the shop floor.
• Follow established routines and responsibilities, collaborate across functions, act swiftly to seize commercial opportunities, and stay mindful of how actions influence financial outcomes.
• Ensure quality, efficiency, and cost-consciousness in range presentations by applying US-adapted guidelines, global tools, and best practices.
• Contribute to an environment where the IKEA culture is strong and embraces the diversity of co-workers and customers.

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!

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Interior Design or design-based field preferred.
• 1 year relevant work experience.
• Experience working with visual merchandising or interior design in a retail environment.
• Visual competence with a keen eye for aesthetics.
• Customer-focused mindset.
• A passion for home furnishing, retailing, design and how people live at home.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Enthusiastic about assignments and working with others in a team.
• Physical Demands: Lifting up to 50lbs and walking frequently.

Permanent, Full Time - 34 to 40 hours per week. Open Availability required Monday - Sunday.

$23.23 - $32.82 / hr

At IKEA, taking care of our co-workers and their dependents is a top priority. That's why we offer our eligible, regular co-workers (part-time and full-time) a full menu of benefits and perk options to help everyone maintain work and life balance, be well and plan for their future. Join our team and enjoy these benefits and so much more!

• Generous paid time off, holiday and sick time
• WiselyPay - get earned wages up to two days early
• Paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks)
• KinderCare tuition discount
• Retirement and bonus plans
• Co-worker discount, meal deal, and referral bonus
• Pet insurance program
• Education assistance and learning programs
• Safety shoe reimbursement
• 24/7 telehealth visits
• Dental and vision plans
• Medical and Rxplans (must work min. 20 hrs/wk)
• A fun and inclusive work environment