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Design, Creation & Communication

Visual Merchandising Co-worker

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  • Adelaide Airport, Australia
  • Interior Design & Visual Merchandising

Job Description

  • Job ID: 353830

  • Date posted: 11/07/2026

    • Our team within IKEA

    At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.

    We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work.
    We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.
    We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.
    We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.

    What you need to know

    Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:
    • Leave entitlements – 5 weeks Paid Annual, Paid Parental, Family & Community and much more
    • 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
    • 15% Co-worker discount
    • Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
    • Co-worker uniform provided
    • Free Co-worker parking
    • Free benefits membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers).
    • Bonus programme (where eligible)
    • Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

    Additional information:
    • This role is Permanent Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight
    • The internal job title for this role is Visual Merchandising/Activity Co-worker
    • Applications close Monday 27 July 2026
    • You must have the availability to work 7:00am - 3:00pm Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend and public holiday shifts as required by business needs.

    Application:
    • Please include a portfolio showcasing your design work with your application.
    • As part of the recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be required to complete pre-employment checks.
    • Successful candidates will need to obtain a National Police Check.

    About this work area

    As Visual Merchandising Co-worker 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.
    • Creating inspiring and commercially relevant home furnishing solutions that improve people’s lives at home.
    • Using your visual merchandising and design expertise to strengthen the IKEA identity through store layout, range presentation and customer experience.
    • Planning, coordinating and delivering projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring deadlines and commercial objectives are met.
    • Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders across the store to bring ideas to life and influence positive business outcomes.
    • Communicating and presenting design concepts in a clear, engaging and commercially compelling way.
    • Supporting a culture of collaboration by sharing knowledge, providing constructive feedback and contributing to team success.
    • Being active and hands-on throughout the store, ensuring ideas are successfully executed to a high standard.



    As Visual Merchandising Co-worker you are:
    • Passionate about home furnishing and curious about how people live in their homes.
    • A creative thinker with strong commercial visual competence and a keen eye for design and aesthetics.
    • A creative thinker, with commercial visual competence and a keen eye for aesthetics.
    • Experienced in visual merchandising, spatial planning, interior design or a similar discipline.
    • Experienced using digital and design programs such as Microsoft Apps, Revit and/or SketchUp to develop concepts and turn ideas into reality.
    • Practical and hands-on, with the ability to organise your workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.
    • A strong communicator who can build effective relationships and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
    • Comfortable taking initiative, influencing others and driving projects to successful outcomes.
    • Able to balance creative thinking, commercial priorities and operational execution to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
    • Formally qualified in design, interior design, visual merchandising or a related field, or equivalent professional visual merchandising experience.

    We need people like you

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