Art Director - Home and Lifestyle
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 21 March 2025
Requisition ID: 289421
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 the Zest team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to unleash your creativity and art direction skills in a fast-paced, innovative environment. As the Art Director for Home, Interiors, and General Merchandise, you will be at the forefront of developing visually captivating campaigns that resonate with the diverse brand identities of Sainsbury's portfolio, including Habitat and Argos. With a focus on crafting compelling concepts from ideation to execution, collaborating with talented teams, and staying abreast of industry trends, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Zest's creative vision and delivering exceptional campaigns that reach millions of customers. If you are passionate about design, creativity, and driving excellence, this role provides the platform to showcase your talent and make a significant impact within a dynamic and supportive team environment.
What you'll do
As the Art Director for Home, Interiors, and GM at Zest, you will be responsible for developing visually compelling and effective creative concepts and campaigns that align with the brand identities of Sainsbury's portfolio of brands, with a particular focus on Habitat and Argos. Your role will involve leading the end-to-end concepting of projects, collaborating with internal and external teams to bring ideas to life, and ensuring that all work produced consistently aligns with the brands' identities and messaging. You will provide guidance and leadership in art direction, mentor production teams to achieve excellence in creative output, and stay updated on design trends and emerging technologies to keep the work fresh and relevant. Your ability to originate, conceptualise, and execute art direction concepts will be crucial in driving the creative vision and quality of output at Zest, contributing to the success and growth of the business over time.
Who you are
As the Art Director for Zest at Sainsbury's, you are a seasoned creative professional with a passion for crafting visually compelling and effective campaigns that resonate with the diverse brand identities of the Sainsbury's portfolio, particularly focusing on Habitat and Argos. Your extensive experience in art direction within the GM, Homeware / Furniture, or Design-Led brands, coupled with your ability to lead end-to-end concepting and collaborate with cross-functional teams, showcases your expertise in developing innovative and high-quality multi-channel campaigns. With a deep commitment to detail, creativity, and maintaining brand consistency, you drive excellence in creative output and play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Zest's creative vision to engage and inspire audiences.
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).
