Integrated Creative Director – Sainsbury's and TU
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 04 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400008693
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.
Integrated Creative Director - Sainsbury's and TU
Why join us
Joining our team at Zest means being part of a dynamic and innovative environment where creativity and curiosity are celebrated. As the Integrated Creative Director, you will have the opportunity to inspire and lead a talented team to achieve creative excellence across multiple channels and formats, impacting millions of users and shaping brand identities. We prioritise collaboration, continuous learning, and fostering a culture that champions new ideas and unconventional solutions to creative challenges. With a focus on high standards, personal growth, and supportive leadership, you will have the space to craft captivating ideas, drive projects from conception to production, and optimise content performance to deliver impactful results. As we push boundaries and strive for creative brilliance, joining us means embarking on a rewarding journey of growth, innovation, and collaborative success.
What you'll do
As the Integrated Creative Director at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for directing a team to achieve creative excellence while deeply understanding channel best practises, brand objectives, and creative goals to deliver top-quality work across various channels and formats. Your role will involve overseeing both creative ideation and design functions, guiding great ideas in development, collaborating with production teams on set, and refining design assets to ensure a strong, unified creative output across brands. You will champion the creative vision, foster a culture of curiosity and bravery, and drive collaboration among internal teams and external agencies to generate fresh and unconventional solutions to creative challenges, emphasising the importance of curiosity alongside creativity in achieving innovative and impactful outcomes.
Who you are
As an Integrated Creative Director for Sainsbury's Zest, you are a visionary leader with a passion for guiding creative teams to achieve excellence in crafting captivating ideas that align with brand identity and messaging. Your ability to champion new ways to bring ideas to life across various media formats, uphold consistent tone of voice and art direction, and drive performance analysis and optimisation strategies demonstrates your commitment to achieving impactful results while fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. Your strong communication skills and dedication to mentoring and supporting team members contribute to creating a high-performing and inclusive environment where creativity thrives and innovative solutions are born.
Essential Criteria
- Extensive experience as a Creative Director, ACD, Creative Lead or equivalent, leading and mentoring other creatives.
- A true copywriter / art director hybrid with a keen eye for design.
- A polished portfolio that showcases an ability to work at both a conceptual and executional level across all platforms and channels fashion/food.
- An elevated art direction and design aesthetic – with a clear understanding of the world of food and fashion.
- A deep and true passion for craft and executional detail across both design and copywriting.
- Knowledge / Expertise in the use of AI tools.
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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 20% 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, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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).
