Ecommerce Art Director

As the Ecommerce Art Director at Sainsbury's, you will lead the execution of all visual content for our ecommerce platforms, collaborating closely with stylists, photographers, videographers, and set builders to create engaging and on-brand visuals that enhance customer engagement and drive conversions. Your expertise in set design, art direction, and interior styling will be crucial in bringing creative visions to life, ensuring that the final designs align with both creative and logistical requirements while adhering to brand photography guidelines. Additionally, you will oversee pre-production planning, studio space organisation, shoot scheduling, stakeholder communication, creative leadership, and post-shoot support to maintain high standards across all projects and drive continuous improvement in the studio environment., As the Ecommerce Art Director for Sainsbury's JD Commerce, you are a seasoned creative professional with a keen eye for design and a passion for bringing visual concepts to life in a studio environment. With a strong background in interior design, product photography, and art direction, you excel in creating visually compelling imagery that resonates with customers and drives engagement. Your blend of creative vision, practical skills, and project management expertise enables you to lead and inspire your team to deliver high-quality visual content that aligns with brand guidelines and enhances the overall customer experience.

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.

Why join us:
Joining Sainsbury's as the Ecommerce Art Director means being at the forefront of creating captivating visual content for our ecommerce platforms, shaping the customer experience through innovative and on-brand visuals. You will have the opportunity to lead a talented team of stylists, photographers, and creatives, utilising your expertise in set design and art direction to bring our creative visions to life. With a focus on interior design and product photography, this role offers a unique blend of creativity, leadership, and project management in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values innovation and excellence in delivering exceptional customer engagement and conversion.

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 10% 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. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, 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.