Digital Marketing Manager – Organic Social

Digital Marketing Manager – Organic Social

Join Sainsbury\’s as a Digital Marketing Manager – Organic Social. This role is based in London and operates on a hybrid model.

Key Information

• Start date: March 2, 2026*

Why join us

Joining the Digital Marketing team at Sainsbury\’s offers a unique opportunity to lead the organic social media strategy for a multi-channel retail giant, shaping how millions of customers engage with our brands. With a focus on creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, you will have the freedom to make strategic decisions, manage budgets, and forge partnerships with industry leaders.

What You’ll Do

• Accountable for all organic social media content.
• Plan and execute the organic social media programme.
• Set and achieve performance goals.
• Drive innovation in social media activity.
• Develop always‑on organic social activities.
• Collaborate with Brand Comms teams on campaign plans.
• Manage the organic social marketing budget.
• Work with agency partners to execute a clear and innovative social strategy.
• Measure and analyse the impact of organic social efforts.
• Manage a team and build relationships with key social networks and creative agencies.

Who You Are

Experienced in creating content that feels native to organic social, with a high level of external awareness and relationships across key social networks.

Detail‑oriented, innovative, and capable of driving performance, collaborating internally, coaching teams, and building partner relationships.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience managing an organic social team in retail, delivering annual, seasonal, and product campaign plans.
• Experienced in data‑driven analysis and insights to improve social effectiveness.
• Experience developing a social reporting cadence to inform internal teams about opportunities and performance insights.
• Experience managing large social media accounts and creating content.
• Strong budget management experience and financial accountability.
• Knowledge of social platform tools (e.g., Sprout) and emerging trends in social media.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits: colleague discounts, pension scheme, performance‑related bonus, annual holiday allowance, additional holiday options, private healthcare, season ticket loans, car loan, cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, employee assistance programme, maternity / adoption leave, paternity leave, and more.