Concept Graphic Designer

hackajob is collaborating with Sainsbury's DTD to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. 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.

Join our team at Sainsbury's as a Concept Graphic Designer and be part of shaping the future of retail through creative communication ideas and innovative store formats. With the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across both Food and Non-food categories, you will play a vital role in improving the shopping experience for our customers. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to demonstrate your expertise in graphic design, managing agencies and suppliers, and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Your primary responsibility will be the development of creative communication ideas for New Retail Concepts and Formats. This will involve working on a wide range of projects across both Food and Non-food categories, where you will be involved in all aspects of Graphic Design, from Insight and Brief creation to final Design Concepts. Your expertise and experience will enable you to develop permanent Brand Communications that enhance the shopping experience for our customers in our stores.

Additionally, you will play a crucial role in articulating our Brand in-store, providing clear principles and guidelines for its delivery through internal teams. You will also be responsible for managing external design agencies, specialists, and suppliers to ensure the delivery of creative solutions that set the future direction of our Brand in-store. With your skills and creativity, you will create compelling design briefs, manage and direct agencies and suppliers throughout the design process, and champion innovation based on data-informed insight and research.

You are a highly skilled and creative professional with extensive knowledge of retail design trends and best practices. With experience both on the agency and client side, you have a proven track record of successfully delivering retail environments, influencing clients and management teams, and managing projects within timelines and budgets. Your proficiency in design software, production methods, and processes allows you to develop compelling design briefs, provide design support throughout the delivery process, and communicate clear principles and guidelines for the brand experience.

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.

• Colleague discount: save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, with increases to 15% at points during the year.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on performance.
• Annual holiday allowance with the option to buy up to an additional week's holiday.
• Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.