National_Interior Designer - Al-Futtaim

Job Purpose

The Interior Designer works with the visual presentation of the IKEA product range in the Furniture Showroom. All designing, presentations and communications should be as per IKEA standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Use home furnishing competence to create home furnishing solutions in room settings, homes, vignettes and sales support areas that reflect the IKEA identity.
• Actively contribute in the gathering of insights from home visit interviews and translating this knowledge into locally relevant, functional, commercial home furnishing solutions that exceeds the customer expectation
• Stay up to date and knowledgeable about home furnishing, retailing and trends in order to contribute in workshops to generate creative ideas
• Assist in planning in-house projects and in preparing drawings and perspectives accordingly to IKEA Concept.
• Implement and maintain all interiors and displays in the showroom.
• Conduct daily inspection of the roomsetting and ensure that damages are corrected immediately
• Support the planning and implementation of the store commercial calendar
• Maintain all areas in the store in accordance to IKEA standards
• Follow IKEA manuals to produce functional home furnishing solutions within the store
• Get involved in other projects relating to activities that are carried out in the store from time to time. This may include rebuilding business area, based on feedback from range relating to changed priorities, or poor performance of the area.
• Show customers the extension of the range coordination, and various ideas and proposals for different rooms in the house, living and realistic, complete with accessories.
• Plan and decorate the room setting to be inspirational for the customers and offer home furnishing solutions ist Visual Merchandisers as and when required, in projects or activities that are planned for the store

Job Context

• Range presentation: store media and display techniques skills
• Knowledge about IKEA store equipment

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

Degree / Diploma in Interior Designing or Architecture

Experience

Minimum Experience:

0-2 years in relevant area in interior design firms

Skills

Job-Specific Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal English
• Excellent Design & Creative skills
• Good knowledge in home furnishing, market, social trends, fashion
• Good knowledge of AutoCAD & sketch up
• Strong drafting, space planning, interior and architectural design skills

Behavioural Competencies

Respect / Collaboration / Integrity / Excellence