"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

- Location

Burlington

- Employment type

Full Time Permanent

- Department

Interior Design & Visual Merchandising

- Deadline

2026-08-07

Candidate profile (title) What you'll need to have

Candidate profile (text) - Default language • Formal education in Architecture or Shop Design and 1 year of related experience, or minimum 3 years of related experience.

- You have a deep knowledge of the Customer Decision Journey on and off line and new buying behaviour in omni channel.
- You are energized by driving business growth and contributing to overall success of IKEA through creating an inspirational and emotional retail experience.
- You influence and coach coworkers to innovate inspiring and relevant range presentation in retail spaces, making the customer journey an experience and thereby contributing to the success of the company.
- You have a minimum 3-5 years of experience in Visual Merchandising, Store design or similar and delivering results and a comprehensive knowledge of tools such as Revitt.
- You have a minimum 2-3 years of experience in leading and influencing partnerships.

Key responsibilities (title) A day in your life with us

Key responsibilities (text) • Plan and implement relevant, inspiring, affordable and commercial range presentation solutions supporting/improving the customer's Life at Home, reflecting a wide variety of styles and price levels and intended to exceed customer expectations.

- Utilise global tools to apply local and national guidelines to visual merchandising, strengthening the IKEA brand.




- Engage and collaborate with co-workers and relevant stakeholders to support process completion in a safe and cost conscious manner.
- Develop own strengths, goals and objectives that are in line with personal growth, team goals and business objectives.
- Support national and/or global projects.

Team vision ( title) About this work area

Team vision (text) Our team is the voice of IKEA. We use words, pictures and videos to tell the story about IKEA, to build our brand and inspire people with our offer. We bounce ideas back and forth, we challenge each other and we are crazy passionate about communication. Of course we’re also the ones who make sure to keep all our fellow co-workers informed, engaged and connected in a constantly changing business setting.

Local section (title) Why you will love us

Local section (text) Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

- Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
- RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
- Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
- Parental leave
- Bereavement leave




- Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as Shop Design Specialist I.

The starting rate/ salary for this position ranges from 45520 CAD to 67540 CAD and will be based on relevant work experience.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers.

At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

- Living our values
- Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
- A passion for home furnishing
- Performing & delivering while learning & developing
- Having fun!

Your uniqueness makes Ikea better

We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and be given equal opportunities, regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, ethnicity, race, nationality, religion or any other dimension of their identity.

We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide appropriate accommodation which considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. If you require accommodation, please contact [email protected]

Note: A qualified job applicant with a disability is one who possesses the required skills, education, experience and training and who can, with reasonable accommodation, perform the essential functions of the position applied for.

📌 Shop Design Specialist I (Canada)
🏢 IKEA
📍 Canada