Midweight Producer in Milton Keynes

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits

Location: Argos - Bradwell and Home, Milton Keynes, MK13 9HA

Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment

Business area: Marketing

Closing date: 12 June 2026

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. With more people shopping with us every week, there are more interactions, more moments to connect. And thanks to data and insight, we understand our customers in a way few others can. We work alongside incredible brand partners and some of the best agencies in the industry. So if you’re passionate about learning, growing and experiencing new teams, come and explore it all with us.

12-month FTC

Joining the Zest team as a Midweight Producer means being part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where you can lead and mentor a talented team in delivering multi‑channel campaigns for a diverse range of brands. With a focus on creativity, innovation, and operational excellence, you'll have the opportunity to shape production processes, drive efficiencies, and implement cutting‑edge technologies such as AI. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects, build strong relationships across the business, and contribute to the continuous improvement of production quality while enjoying the benefits of ongoing mentorship, leadership training, and professional development opportunities.

What you’ll do

• Play a key leadership role in the growing production team, mentoring up to six Producers and Associate Producers to support their development and foster a high‑performing, supportive culture.
• Oversee the full production process from brief to final delivery, managing shoots for multi‑channel campaigns (TV / VOD, OOH, print, digital, social, retail).
• Lead project meetings to keep teams aligned with clear action plans.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external production partners.
• Drive improvements, creative excellence, and cost‑effective delivery across a wide range of shoots, including photography and video for internal partners.
• Shape ways of working, find efficiencies, and implement smarter workflows to elevate production quality and drive innovation within the team.

Who you are

• Ready to step up into a senior role, with a mix of agency and line production experience.
• An experienced and dynamic leader with a proven track record in planning and delivering complex stills and video shoots across multiple channels.
• Able to mentor and empower a team of producers while driving creative excellence and cost‑effective production.
• Strong communication skills, strategic mindset, and a focus on continuous improvement.
• A proven track record delivering end‑to‑end production within an agency or production‑company environment.
• Demonstrable experience producing complex stills and video shoots across multiple brands and channels.
• Experience in managing and forecasting production budgets with accuracy and commercial focus.
• Experience tracking, analysing, and reporting on production data.
• Hands‑on leadership experience, mentoring and supporting Producers/Associate Producers in a fast‑paced setting.

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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year.
• Pensions scheme and life cover.
• Performance‑related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform.
• Annual holiday allowance and the option to buy up to an additional week’s holiday.
• Season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) and access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
• Employee assistance programme.
• 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).