Digital Marketing Associate

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 websites. Marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.

Join our team at Sainsbury's as a Digital Marketing Associate – Display & Paid Social and immerse yourself in a dynamic, performance‑driven environment where you will have the opportunity to lead high‑impact digital campaigns that drive sales and elevate brand presence. As a key member of the Argos & Habitat Digital Team, you will collaborate with industry‑leading platforms and agency partners to deliver best‑in‑class work while exploring innovative marketing strategies and leveraging data insights to continuously enhance campaign performance. With a supportive and flexible work culture, you will have the space to innovate, collaborate, and grow professionally, all while maintaining a healthy work‑life balance that aligns with your personal and career aspirations.

What You’ll Do

As a Digital Marketing Associate for Display & Paid Social at Sainsbury's, you will be responsible for executing high‑impact, data‑led paid social and display campaigns that drive sales, enhance brand affinity, and propel our channels forward. You will lead the day‑to‑day delivery of campaigns from briefing to activation to reporting, collaborating closely with our media agency to ensure campaigns are optimised and measured effectively. Using platforms like Smartly, you will build, test, and optimise creative variations while exploring automation and AI features to enhance campaign performance. Additionally, you will track performance metrics, use data‑driven insights to make informed decisions, collaborate with various teams to develop high‑quality digital creative, manage campaign budgets efficiently, and support the Display & Social Media Lead in delivering a pipeline of media projects, all while maintaining a fast‑paced and results‑driven approach.

Who You Are

You are a results‑oriented and hands‑on professional with a deep passion for digital marketing. You have experience running paid social and display campaigns, coupled with an ability to analyse data and optimise performance, allowing you to drive high‑impact campaigns that elevate brand visibility, engage customers, and boost sales. Your collaborative nature, proactive mindset, and innovative approach enable you to build strong relationships across teams, voice creative ideas, and continuously seek opportunities for growth and improvement in a fast‑paced environment.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience delivering paid social and display campaigns end‑to‑end, from briefing through to activation and reporting.
• Experience in performance marketing, using data and insights to optimise campaigns and drive measurable results.
• Hands‑on experience with campaign management platforms (e.g. Smartly or similar), including building, testing and optimising creative.
• Demonstrable experience analysing performance metrics and translating data into clear, actionable improvements.

Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, welcoming you 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 offer an amazing range of benefits, including colleague discounts (10% at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% on Fridays and Saturdays, and 15% at Argos on pay days), a pensions scheme, life cover, performance‑related bonus up to 5% of salary, an annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday, season ticket loans, a cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, extensive discounts from hundreds of other retailers, an employee assistance programme, up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave, and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.