WHY WE WILL LOVE YOU
You have a passion for interior design and life at home with the expertise for creating spaces that are beautiful, functional, and promote wellbeing. If you want to design home furnishing solutions and collaborate with a team of creatives, then we might be a great fit for you.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As an Interior Design Manager, you will:
Lead, inspire, and challenge the Interior Design team to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in product range presentation and home furnishing solutions through home furnishing knowledge in all channels.
Collaborate with key stakeholders, both within and outside of commercial sales, ensuring integration, shared goals, and maximum impact.
Contribute to creating additional market-specific content across channels (e.g., IKEA.com, social media posts, promotion content, etc.), based on briefs from Communications or Marketing and Commercial Sales Calendar related Activities and Events.
Responsible for tailoring and completing inspiring, relevant, affordable, and sustainable interior design solutions through guidelines and leading development projects together with stores for non-standard components to drive demand for IKEA products.
Support the development of the country business plan, contribute to executing the department action plans, and ensure layout and product range presentation efforts drive IKEA's business growth.
Develop shop design solutions for market-specific needs and opportunities in line with local commercial priorities and common guidelines.
Continuously measure the performance of product presentation and contribute to the functional review to identify improvement areas.
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!
JOB TYPE – Permanent; Salaried
BENEFITS ELIGIBLE - Yes
HOURS – Salaried; Retail environment. Must have open availability Monday through Sunday.
The full salary range for this role is $73,525 - $107,000
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 Rx plans (must work min. 20 hrs/wk)
*A fun and inclusive work environment
QUALIFICATIONS
Formal qualifications in architecture, interior design or equivalent.
Minimum 10 years of experience in interior design, visual merchandising or similar and delivering results.
Minimum 5 years of experience in leading and influencing co-workers.
Experience in retail, preferably the home furnishing sector.
Experience in planning, driving output and measuring performance (business).
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As an Interior Design Manager, you will:
* Lead, inspire, and challenge the Interior Design team to strengthen the uniqueness of the IKEA identity in product range presentation and home furnishing solutions through home furnishing knowledge in all channels.
* Collaborate with key stakeholders, both within and outside of commercial sales, ensuring integration, shared goals, and maximum impact.
* Contribute to creating additional market-specific content across channels (e.g., IKEA.com, social media posts, promotion content, etc.), based on briefs from Communications or Marketing and Commercial Sales Calendar related Activities and Events.
* Responsible for tailoring and completing inspiring, relevant, affordable, and sustainable interior design solutions through guidelines and leading development projects together with stores for non-standard components to drive demand for IKEA products.
* Support the development of the country business plan, contribute to executing the department action plans, and ensure layout and product range presentation efforts drive IKEA's business growth.
* Develop shop design solutions for market-specific needs and opportunities in line with local commercial priorities and common guidelines.
* Continuously measure the performance of product presentation and contribute to the functional review to identify improvement areas.
