Interior Designer

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one
of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses
headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating
divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare;
employing more than ‎35,000 employees across more than ‎20 countries in the
Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over ‎200 of the
world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's
entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to
continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers
within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity;
Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our
customers each and every day

Overview of the role
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.

What you will do
Commercial
* 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 showroom 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.

Operational
* 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.
* Assist Visual Merchandisers as and when required, in projects or activities that are planned for the store.

Customers
* 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 sets to be inspirational for the customers and offer home furnishing solutions
* Assist the customer with solutions for their homes

Required skills to be successful
* Excellent written and verbal English
* Range presentation: store media and display techniques skills.
* Excellent Design & Creative skills
* Good knowledge in home furnishing, market, social trends, fashion
* Good knowledge of AutoCAD
* Strong drafting, space planning, interior and architectural design skills

What equips you for the role
* ‎3 to ‎5 years in a similar role.
* Degree / Diploma in Interior Designing or Architecture
* Knowledge about IKEA store equipment.
* Creative, commercial and visual expertise

About Al-Futtaim Retail
Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail
across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past ‎30 years. We have
developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in
the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex
Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of
the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer's in both regions with over
‎75 stores offering both fashion & food options.

Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East
for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to
continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further
development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from
all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse
workforce which includes over ‎100 nationalities across ‎12 countries. Join us
today and make a difference…