Senior Producer
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Argos - Bradwell and Home, Milton Keynes, MK13 9HA
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400054691
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 retail websites. So marketing here happens at scale. We move faster than you might expect too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360 and Insights. With more people shopping with us every week, there are more interactions, more moments to connect. And thanks to data and insight, we understand our customers in a way few others can. We work alongside incredible brand partners and some of the best agencies in the industry. So if you’re passionate about learning, growing and experiencing new teams, come and explore it all with us.
Onsite Milton Keynes location
12-month FTC
Why join us
Joining the Zest team at Sainsbury's as a Senior Producer means being part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where you can lead and mentor a talented team in delivering multi-channel campaigns for a diverse range of brands. With a focus on creativity, innovation, and operational excellence, you'll have the opportunity to shape production processes, drive efficiencies, and implement cutting-edge technologies such as AI. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects, build strong relationships across the business, and contribute to the continuous improvement of production quality while enjoying the benefits of ongoing mentorship, leadership training, and professional development opportunities.
What you'll do
As the Senior Producer C4 at Sainsbury's within the Marketing / Brand Communications & Creative / Zest division, you will play a key leadership role in the growing production team, mentoring up to six Producers and Associate Producers to support their development and foster a high-performing, supportive culture. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the full production process from brief to final delivery, managing shoots for multi-channel campaigns (TV / VOD, OOH, print, digital, social, retail), leading project meetings to keep teams aligned with clear action plans, and building strong relationships with internal and external production partners. You will be hands-on, driving improvements, creative excellence, and cost-effective delivery across a wide range of shoots, including photography and video for internal partners. Additionally, you will shape ways of working, find efficiencies, and implement smarter workflows to elevate production quality and drive innovation within the team.
Who you are
As a Senior Producer at Sainsbury's within the Marketing / Brand Communications & Creative / Zest division, you are an experienced and dynamic leader with a proven track record in planning and delivering complex stills and video shoots across multiple channels. Your ability to mentor and empower a team of producers while driving creative excellence and cost-effective production is crucial to the success of our operations. With strong communication skills, strategic mindset, and a focus on continuous improvement, you play a key role in shaping production workflows, fostering innovation, and ensuring high standards of quality and safety in all aspects of the production cycle.
Essential criteria
A proven track record delivering end‑to‑end production within an agency or production‑company environment.
Demonstrable experience producing complex stills and video shoots across multiple brands and channels.
Experience in managing and forecasting production budgets with accuracy and commercial focus.
Experiencing tracking, analysing, and reporting on production data.
Hands‑on leadership experience, mentoring and supporting Producers/Associate Producers in a fast‑paced setting.
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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 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 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).
