Integrated Creative

About the role

This opportunity sits within Sainsbury’s Zest team, the company’s in-house creative agency. The position is part of a fast-moving retail marketing environment where creative work is produced across multiple well-known brands, including Sainsbury’s, Argos, Habitat, Tu, and Nectar. The team works at scale across brand planning, brand communications, creative, digital marketing, CRM and loyalty, Nectar 360, and insights, with a strong emphasis on data-led decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.

The role is suited to someone who wants to build impactful creative work in a collaborative setting, contribute to a newly established team, and develop professionally while supporting a broad range of campaigns and channels.

Why this role could be a great fit

You will join a vibrant internal agency where curiosity, innovation, and ongoing learning are valued. The position offers the chance to shape integrated campaigns, particularly social-first ideas, and to work closely with internal stakeholders and external agency partners. It is an environment that encourages creativity, relationship-building, and flexibility, while supporting work-life balance.

What you will do

• Develop integrated creative campaigns for multiple brands and channels.
• Contribute ideas and concepts for social-first campaigns, with content tailored to perform well across platforms.
• Translate briefs into clear, engaging creative ideas that meet marketing goals and brand standards.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and outside agency partners to progress creative work.
• Help deliver high-quality output that reflects channel best practice and brand identity.
• Support a positive creative culture by collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders.

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience creating and delivering integrated campaign work across several channels. You should be comfortable developing ideas from brief to execution, with a strong eye for design quality and a practical understanding of what makes social content effective.

You will need to be adaptable, open to feedback, and confident working in a busy retail setting. A polished portfolio demonstrating strong campaign or brand work is essential, along with the ability to work well with internal teams and external partners.

Essential criteria

• Proven background in building and delivering integrated creative campaigns across multiple channels.
• Strong capability in developing social-first concepts and content that works across platforms.
• A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality creative output for brands or campaigns.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external agency partners.
• Ability to interpret briefs and turn them into compelling creative ideas.

Benefits

Sainsbury’s offers a range of benefits designed to support wellbeing, development, and flexibility. These include colleague discount, pension support, life cover, bonus potential, holiday allowance, and a variety of financial and wellbeing benefits.

Colleague discount starts at 10% for shopping online and in store at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat, and may increase to 15% at certain times of the year. You may also be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on company performance.

Other benefits mentioned include annual holiday, the option to buy up to one additional week of holiday, season ticket loans, cycle to work support, health cash plans, salary advance, retail discounts, and an employee assistance programme.

Family leave support is also included, with up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.

Additional information

Sainsbury’s says it is committed to inclusion and aims to welcome people from all backgrounds. The company also notes that development opportunities are available, that colleagues may be able to move into different roles across the business, and that flexible working is offered where possible. Some benefits may depend on length of service and eligibility criteria.