Visual Communication and Interior Design Manager

IKEA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Holiday & sick time

WiselyPay

Paid parental leave

KinderCare tuition discount

Retirement and bonus plans

Co-worker discount

Meal deal

Referral bonus

Pet insurance program

Education assistance and learning

Safety shoe reimbursement

24/7 telehealth visits

Dental and vision plans

Medical and Rx plans

Fun and inclusive work environment

Job summary

IKEA in New York, NY seeks a capable leader to guide all-store implementation and drive the brand's visual strategy to deliver an outstanding customer experience. You will translate guidelines, elevate store presentation, and lead a team to increase home furnishing interest.

You will also ensure optimal layouts, effective communication, and align with local market needs, leveraging knowledge in interior design, visual merchandising, and graphic design to inspire customers and grow profitability.

Qualifications

• 5 years leadership experience.
• Retail experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead all-store implementation processes and drive consistent execution of the brand's visual strategy for an exceptional customer experience.
• Translate corporate guidelines and set directives to elevate store presentation.
• Develop and inspire the team to increase home furnishing interest and create demand for solutions.
• Secure relevant range presentation solutions, store layouts, and store communication.
• Challenge the team to develop short-term and long-term opportunities.
• Ensure store teams understand store layout, range presentation, and communication.
• Communicate local market knowledge to ensure customer needs are met.
• Understand interior design, visual merchandising, and graphic design concepts.

Skills

Leadership

Retail experience

Job description

Why we will love you

You can lead, motivate and inspire a team in reaching goals, generating growth and long-term profitability. You have experience in setting and implementing action plans and budgets. You have a design-based education and experience in working in a design-oriented role.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Responsible for leading all-store implementation processes and driving consistent execution of the brand's visual strategy to create an exceptional customer experience.
• Translates the corporate guidelines and sets directives to elevate the brand presentation at the store level.
• Leads, develops, and inspires the team to increase home furnishing interest with customers and create demand for home furnishing solutions.
• Secures relevant and inspiring range presentation solutions, optimal store layouts, and effective store communication.
• Challenges the team to take actions that develop both short term and long term opportunities.
• Ensures various store teams have the correct understanding of store layout, range presentation, and store communication.
• Responsible for communicating local market knowledge to ensure solutions being planned meet the needs of the customer.
• Understands and can speak to interior design, visual merchandising, and graphic design concepts.

Together as a team

In our team we take pride in seeing everyone around us grow and develop, and we encourage people to experiment, test, try - and sometimes fail. As long as they learn along the way! We know that everything is changing more rapidly today and that we sometimes need to lead in the unknown. So we throw ourselves out there to explore new possibilities and ways of doing things to make both our people and our business prosper.

JOB TYPE: Salaried, Exempt

BENEFITS ELIGIBLE: Yes

HOURS: Retail environment; Open availability required Monday-Sunday.

The salary pay range is $89,847 - $128,414

International relocation assistance for Internal INGKA candidates only.

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

Qualifications

• 5 years leadership experience.
• Retail experience preferred.

The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 89,487 USD to 128,414 USD and will be based on relevant work experience.