Organic Social Media Associate
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 10 December 2025
Requisition ID: 400041517
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.
Organic Social Media Associate
London location, hybrid model.
*Role to commence as of March 2nd 2026*
Why join us
Joining the Digital Marketing team at Sainsbury's as an Organic Social Media Associate means being part of an exciting and dynamic environment where you will have the opportunity to shape and manage the organic social media channels for both Sainsbury's and Nectar. Working closely with the Social Media Lead, you will play a key role in developing engaging content strategies, creating impactful social media campaigns, and ensuring a strong brand presence across various platforms. With the support of in-house and external agencies, as well as access to cutting-edge social media tools, you will have the resources and guidance needed to drive innovation, creativity, and success in the world of social media marketing.
What you'll do
As the Organic Social Media Associate at Sainsbury's, you will play a vital role in managing the organic social media channels, supporting the Social Media Lead in executing the brand's social media strategy. Your responsibilities will include publishing engaging content across various platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and Meta, ensuring alignment with the brand strategy and customer plan. You will take ownership of the social media calendar, collaborate with internal and external partners to create compelling organic social content, and maintain the brand's social presence by keeping profile pages up to date. Additionally, you will conduct tracking, measurement, and reporting of social activity, while ensuring compliance with social media governance guidelines and providing community management across platforms. Your expertise in social media management, stakeholder coordination, content creation, and trend awareness will be key in driving the brand's social media success.
Who you are
As an Organic Social Media Associate at Sainsbury's, you are a highly creative and detail-oriented individual with a deep understanding of social media platforms and a passion for creating engaging content that resonates with audiences. With your experience in managing organic social media channels and collaborating with cross-functional teams, you demonstrate strong project management skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced environment. Your ability to stay up-to-date with the latest social media trends, coupled with excellent organisational skills and the capacity to handle multiple priorities, enables you to effectively contribute to the brand's social media strategy and community engagement efforts.
Essential Criteria
- Experience in social media and experience in creating successful content across both Instagram, Meta and Tik Tok.
- Experience of working with digital media, creative or influencer agencies.
- Knowledge of social media tools and platforms (e.g. Sprout).
- Experience in food, or retail.
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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).
