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Manager Communication and Interior Design

Belgium, Zaventem · Job Posted April 12, 2026
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Job Description

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 Responsibility

  • Inspire and engage your team to keep the IKEA store vital, up to date and innovative
  • Lead and develop a high performing and passionate communication & interior design team that achieves goals
  • Accountable for the layout of the store and to execute range presentations with high quality, strong visual impact and efficiency
  • Translate the national strategy into a local business plan
  • Identify current and futures business needs to recruit, develop and retain a high performing team
  • Spot and act quickly upon commercial opportunities
  • Create an outstanding customer experience

Requirements

  • Passionate about home furnishing, retail design, trends and customer behavior
  • Experienced leader that develops and inspires visual merchandise/interior design/graphic design managers and other functions
  • Sense of entrepreneurship and nose for business to draw up, implement and follow up on short-, mid-, and long term plans and budgets
  • Solid experience as a creative leader and real team player that knows how to collaborate with colleagues from different functions
  • Driven to exceed goals, improve ways of working, developing both business and people
  • Design based education or extensive work experience in a design-orientated role
  • Always put customers in the center of everything you do

What we offer

  • Eco-vouchers
  • End-of-year bonus, holiday pay and sector premiums
  • Additional allowance if you come by bike
  • Private leasing of an electric bike
  • Comprehensive hospitalization insurance
  • Private accidents insurance
  • Pension savings
  • Leave savings plan: choose how you want your late/early hours to be paid out
  • Extra-legal holidays, seniority holidays and for full-time colleagues 6 extra days off
  • Canteen with democratic prices
  • IKEA Tack! Loyalty reward
  • ONE IKEA Bonus
  • IKEA Benefits at work portal with discounts
  • IKEA staff discount 15%
  • Team outings & staff parties
  • Nice extra in case of legal cohabitation/marriage/birth/retirements
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