Social Creative
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 13 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400050053
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with one of the largest websites. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury’s Zest as a Social Creative means becoming part of a collaborative and fast-moving team that creates standout organic content. Shaping social-first ideas that capture attention, spark conversation and resonate with our audiences.
As part of our agile and inclusive environment, you will have the freedom to explore new ideas, experiment with different content formats and stay at the forefront of social trends.
Your work will reach millions of customers across our brands, giving you the opportunity to shape how they show up in culture and on social. Join us to unleash your creative potential, collaborate with talented teams, and deliver campaigns that make a real impact in the digital world.
What you'll do
As a Social Creative within the Marketing & Loyalty division, you’ll help develop and deliver compelling organic social content across our brands, predominantly Argos and Habitat. Working closely with our Social Creative Director and digital marketing team, you’ll concept, script and produce social-first ideas designed to disrupt feeds and drive engagement.
Your work will span multiple platforms, with a strong focus on TikTok, Instagram, Threads and Meta. You’ll be involved in the full creative process, from early concepts and scripting through to shooting and editing content where needed, ensuring ideas are executed quickly and effectively in a social-first way.
You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and brand partners to understand campaign objectives and translate them into engaging, culturally relevant content. With a strong curiosity for internet culture and social trends, you’ll help ensure the work we produce feels timely, authentic and native to each platform. Success in this role will come from delivering fresh, original social ideas that capture attention, build brand love and drive engagement across our channels.
Who you are
You’re a social-first creative who lives and breathes the internet. You have strong experience creating organic social content for brands and a deep understanding of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Threads and Meta. Experience in YouTube and Reddit and other social platforms would also be great to see in your portfolio.
You’ve concepted and created social content for brands, ideally within retail, though not essential, and you understand how to develop ideas that feel native to the feed rather than traditional advertising. But also feel distinct for the brand. You’re comfortable turning ideas into reality, whether that means scripting a concept, self-shooting content, editing a quick turnaround video, or collaborating with others to bring an idea to life.
You’re constantly plugged into social culture spotting trends early, understanding what makes people stop scrolling, and translating those insights into original creative ideas. Alongside your creativity, you bring strong storytelling skills, copywriting experience and understanding of what it takes to establish a brand TOV on social, a sharp eye for visuals, and the ability to move quickly while maintaining quality.
Curious, collaborative and culturally aware, you’re excited to help shape how our brands show up on social creating work that feels relevant, entertaining and worth engaging with.
Essential criteria
- Proven experience creating organic social content for brands within a creative agency.
- Strong, hands‑on experience with social‑first platforms, particularly:
- TikTok
- Threads
- Meta (Facebook/Instagram)
- Demonstrable ability to concept, script and produce social‑first ideas that disrupt feeds and drive engagement.
- Experience working across the full creative process, from idea generation to execution.
- Ability to shoot and/or edit short‑form social content or collaborate effectively to bring ideas to life.
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
