Retail Visual Design Specialist
Retail & Consumer Services · Retail Operations · Visual Merchandising
In short
IKEA is seeking a full-time Retail Visual Design Specialist in Chantilly, Virginia, to create inspiring and commercial home furnishing solutions. This role involves applying home furnishing expertise and visual merchandising skills to enhance the IKEA identity and drive business growth.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Desired Qualifications
- Associate degree in Interior Design or design-based field preferred.
Benefits
- 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 Rx plans (must work min. 20 hrs/wk)
- A fun and inclusive work environment
Skills
Visual MerchandisingInterior Design
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About IKEA
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment. The IKEA Brand unites more than 200.000 co-workers and hundreds of companies with different owners all over the world. It’s one brand, but it reaches millions of hearts and homes. Our value chain is unique. It includes everything from product development, design, supply, manufacture and sales – and of course it begins and ends with our customers. The IKEA retail business…
Company
IKEAJob Posted
4 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Salary
US$23.23–32.82 / hr
Hours per week
40
Experience Level
Associate
Locations
Chantilly, United States
Qualification
Diploma
Applicants
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