Job Description
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.
What I need to do
- Meet daily and weekly targets while maintaining a high standard of styling multiple sets in studio or on location.
- Able to work well as part of a team in a very fast paced, highly pressured environment.
- Able to understand briefs and collaborate with art directors.
- Ensure sets and styling props area are well maintained and tidy throughout the shoot day
- To support the stylists & senior stylist on campaigns and location shoots
How I will succeed
- Possess an excellent work ethic with a positive and professional manner, a team member who brings creative thinking to their work.
- A strong eye for detail and good styling sense alongside a commercial awareness.
- Have strong organisational skills and ability to multitask and be proactive.
- To be an avid follower of interior trends ability to interpret a brief while styling to brand guidelines.
What I need to know
- Previous experienced in a creative and commercial studio environment or on location.
- Experience styling interiors and still life shoots for photographic or video.
- understanding of textures and colours and how to effectively use and source props.
- A good understanding of the retail landscape, commerce trends, Brands and competitors.
- Portfolio of work to be able to showcase ability to style at a high standard.
- Ability to work in a team and resourceful enough to work alone.
- Proactive and decisive.
- Articulate and able to express ideas and opinions.
- Enjoys a challenge.
- Desire to develop and learn.
Resources available to me
- Props Budget
- Personal and professional Training and Development
- Styling manager and Team to support and guide.
What decisions I can make
- Daily decisions on styling and how best to implement those.
- Decisions on how team approach a shoot in studio or on location.
- Decisions on personal and professional development of studio.
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 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 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).
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.