Digital Marketing Associate – Display and Paid Social
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 29 August 2026
Requisition ID: 400077727
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Digital Marketing Associate for Display & Paid Social offers the opportunity to be part of a vibrant and innovative digital team focused on driving high-impact campaigns that shape the retail landscape. In this role, you will immerse yourself in cutting-edge platforms and technologies, collaborating closely with agency partners to deliver exceptional work that not only boosts sales and brand loyalty but also pushes boundaries in the digital marketing space. With a strong emphasis on creativity, performance-driven strategies, and a supportive work environment that values flexibility and work-life balance, Sainsbury's provides a dynamic setting where your passion for digital marketing can thrive, and your expertise can make a tangible impact on the success of the business.
What you'll do
As the Digital Marketing Associate - Display & Paid Social at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for hands-on delivery of high-impact, data-led paid social and display campaigns for our brand, driving sales, building brand love, and advancing our digital channels. Your role will involve owning the end-to-end delivery of campaigns, collaborating closely with media agencies to plan, optimise, and measure campaign performance to a high standard. Utilising platforms like Smartly, you will build, test, and optimise creative variations at pace while exploring automation and AI features, as well as partnering with various platforms to activate new formats and innovations. Additionally, you will track performance metrics, analyse data to drive decisions and improve ROI, work with brand and design teams to develop high-quality digital creative, manage campaign budgets efficiently, and support the Display & Social Media Lead in delivering a pipeline of media projects.
Who you are
As a Digital Marketing Associate specialising in Display & Paid Social for Sainsbury's, you are a performance-driven professional with a strong passion for digital marketing and a keen eye for detail. With hands-on experience in running paid social and display campaigns, along with a solid understanding of performance marketing principles and data analysis, you excel in delivering high-impact campaigns that drive sales and elevate brand presence. Your collaborative nature, proactive mindset, and ability to innovate make you a valuable asset in managing multiple projects at pace while continuously seeking opportunities for improvement and growth in a fast-moving environment.
Essential criteria
Proven experience delivering paid social and/or display marketing campaigns.
Hands-on experience using Smartly or a similar dynamic creative optimisation platform.
Experience using Excel and reporting tools such as Adobe Analytics or Tableau.
Experience monitoring and optimising campaign performance using key digital marketing metrics (for example ROAS, CTR, CVR and VTR.
Experience analysing campaign performance data and turn insights into actions that improve ROI.
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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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 5% 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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).
