Location
London - 2 days onsite

Hours
Fixed Term Contract until end of February 2027

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Joining the creative team at Sainsbury's Zest in-house agency offers a unique opportunity to work on innovative and impactful projects for renowned brands like Argos, Habitat, Sainsbury's, and Tu. As a Midweight Designer, you will play a crucial role in shaping creative concepts and solutions that resonate with customers, while collaborating with a diverse range of teams and external partners. This role focuses on design excellence, creative leadership, and continuous growth, providing a dynamic environment where your talents can flourish. You will contribute to the success of our brands and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration.

As the Midweight Designer, you will conceptualise, shape, and deliver innovative concepts for brands such as Argos, Habitat, Sainsbury's, and Tu. Your responsibilities include developing design briefs from ideation to execution, ensuring strategic alignment with insights, exceptional craftsmanship, and customer-centricity. You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, lead design projects across multiple channels including in-store POS and digital design, and maintain design excellence and brand consistency. Managing multiple projects, staying current with design trends, fostering partnerships, and contributing to a creative culture that drives results and elevates the creative output of Zest are key aspects of this role.

Sainsbury's is one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK with a large retail website, enabling marketing at scale. The team moves fast across Brand Planning, Brand Communications and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, and Insights. With more customers shopping weekly, there are more opportunities to connect through data and insight. You will work alongside incredible brand partners and top agencies, with opportunities to learn, grow, and experience new teams.

We are committed to being an inclusive retailer, offering flexible working where possible and supporting your development. Benefits include colleague discounts across Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat, pension schemes, life cover, performance-related bonuses, holiday allowances with the option to buy additional leave, season ticket loans, cycle to work schemes, health cash plans, salary advances, and an employee assistance programme. We also provide generous maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay.

Experience
Proven experience as a Midweight Designer delivering creative work from concept through to final execution. A portfolio showcasing high-quality, insight-led creative across multiple channels. Experience working across integrated campaigns including digital, social, in-store POS, and print. Demonstrable ability to interpret briefs and develop creative solutions aligned to strategic and customer insights. Experience working with established brands and applying brand guidelines consistently.

About you
You are a creative and strategic thinker passionate about delivering innovative, insight-driven concepts across multi-channel platforms. You have a strong eye for detail and design excellence, excelling in crafting high-quality outputs aligned with customer insights and brand guidelines. Your collaborative nature, effective communication skills, and ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment make you an essential team member. You drive creative excellence and foster positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders to elevate creative output and achieve business objectives.

Qualifications
We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and are committed to inclusivity. While specific qualifications are not detailed, a strong portfolio and relevant experience are essential. We value a passion for learning, growth, and contributing to a dynamic creative environment.