Integrated Creative Director - Argos and Habitat
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 04 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400008692
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. So marketing here really happens at scale. We move a lot faster than you’d think too, across Brand Planning, Brand Comms and Creative, Digital Marketing, CRM and Loyalty, Nectar 360, Insights, and Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. More people shopping with us each week means more interactions. And thanks to data insight, we understand customers in a way that almost nobody else does. We work alongside incredible brand partners and the best agencies around. So if you have a passion to learn, grow and experience new teams, come and explore it all with us.
Integrated Creative Director - Argos and Habitat
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's Zest as the Integrated Creative Director for Argos & Habitat presents a unique opportunity to lead a talented team in developing captivating content that reaches millions of customers across various channels. With a focus on creative excellence, collaboration, and continuous innovation, this role offers the chance to shape the creative direction of iconic brands and drive impactful storytelling that resonates with audiences. By fostering a culture of curiosity, bravery, and high standards, you will be part of a dynamic environment where personal growth, creative freedom, and meaningful contributions are valued and supported.
What you'll do
As the Integrated Creative Director for Sainsbury's Zest, you will be leading and inspiring a team to develop content for Argos and Habitat across various channels, ensuring alignment with brand identity and messaging. Your role involves providing creative and design leadership by guiding teams towards executional excellence, fostering collaboration, and championing innovative thinking to push creative boundaries and deliver high-quality work. Additionally, you will spearhead the concepting of projects, uphold brand standards, and work closely with internal and external partners to optimise content performance and drive brand engagement. Your success will be measured by creative excellence, stakeholder satisfaction, industry recognition, and personal growth, making you a pivotal figure in shaping the creative culture and delivering exceptional design work at Sainsbury's.
Who you are
As the Integrated Creative Director for Sainsbury's Zest, you are a seasoned creative leader with extensive experience in driving innovative and impactful creative strategies across multiple channels and formats. With a keen eye for design and a deep passion for crafting compelling ideas, you excel in inspiring and mentoring creative teams to achieve executional excellence, while fostering a culture of curiosity and collaboration within the organisation. Your ability to uphold brand identity, drive creative excellence, and deliver on brand outcomes showcases your commitment to setting high standards and creating visually compelling work that resonates with audiences.
Essential Criteria
· Extensive experience as a Creative Director, ACD, Creative Lead or equivalent, leading and mentoring other creatives.
· A true copywriter / art director hybrid with a keen eye for design.
· A portfolio that showcases an ability to work at both a conceptual and executional level across all platforms and channels.
· An elevated art direction and design aesthetic – with a clear understanding of the world of home/lifestyle.
· A deep and true passion for craft and executional detail across both design and copywriting.
· Knowledge / Expertise in the use of AI tools.
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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. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give 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).
