Junior Graphic Designer

Company Description

Come help us create a better everyday life for the many people. That’s the IKEA vision. We do that by offering a wide range of home furnishings with good design and function at prices so low that many people will be able to afford them.

Purpose

The Graphic Designer supports the Marketing Communication team (or other subsidiaries when required) in delivering high quality, visually engaging, and on-brand content across internal and external communication channels. The role focuses on executing creative concepts, maintaining brand consistency, and contributing to effective visual storytelling that enhances co-worker engagement and corporate identity.

Accountabilities

• Create and adapt visual assets for external marketing campaigns, retention efforts, promotional offers, corporate announcements, PR initiatives, and internal communications across all group subsidiaries.

• Design content for a diverse range of channels, including social media, paid digital media, direct marketing, OOH, consumer websites and apps, in-store touchpoints, corporate websites, employee intranets, and official presentations.

• Produce assets across multiple formats and sizes, ensuring each output is fit for specific marketing channel requirements and platform specifications.

• Execute approved creative directions into clear, consistent, and high-quality final designs for commercial purposes.

• Ensure all work is strictly aligned with the specific brand guidelines, visual identity, tone of voice, and toolkits of IKEA.

• Support the rollout of campaign assets across paid, owned, retail, and internal touchpoints.

• Apply strong attention to detail across layout, typography, product presentation, messaging, and the accurate placement of disclaimers, copyrights, and terms & conditions.

• Adapt master creatives into localized and channel-specific executions in a timely and accurate manner.

• Support basic motion design, animation, and video editing for marketing campaigns where required.

• Organize source files, templates, and final artwork in a structured way for efficient cross-departmental reuse and future adaptation.

• Work closely with marketing, customer engagement, media, e-commerce, and other relevant internal stakeholders of IKEA to deliver assets on time and to brief.

• Stay up to date with design formats, digital content best practices, AI tools, and evolving platform requirements to strengthen day-to-day creative execution for consumer-facing audiences.

• Manage assigned tasks and deadlines effectively, ensuring timely delivery across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field
• Minimum 2 years of experience in graphic design
• Experience in social media and corporate asset creation
• Basic knowledge of animation and motion graphics
• Basic understanding of digital design specifications and platform requirements
• Experience using AI-assisted design tools to support day-to-day creative execution