Joining Sainsbury's as a Senior Account Manager in the Marketing Zest team means being part of a collaborative and dynamic environment where your creativity and strategic thinking can truly shine. You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented teams and external partners to drive the quality and effectiveness of our creative campaigns, making a direct impact on our marketing performance.
With a strong focus on building trusted relationships, owning project delivery, and contributing to client satisfaction, this role offers a platform for personal growth and professional development in a supportive and innovative setting.
What you'll do
As a Senior Account Manager at Sainsbury's in the Marketing - Zest division, you will be responsible for driving the quality and effectiveness of creative work by collaborating closely with the Account Director.
Building strong, trusted relationships with internal teams, client stakeholders, and external agency partners will be crucial as you work towards delivering excellent account management and ensuring the successful execution of complex projects.
Your role will involve providing relevant feedback on strategy and creative work, attending shoots as required, managing multiple projects concurrently, and contributing towards client satisfaction through effective development of work and relationship management.
Additionally, you will act as a deputy for the Account Director in meetings and conversations, confidently providing insights on strategy and creative work, and ensuring that client feedback is effectively communicated to the creative teams.
Who you are
As a Senior Account Manager at Sainsbury's Zest Marketing division, you are a strategic thinker with a keen understanding of communications strategy and creative development, enabling you to drive marketing performance and deliver high-quality campaigns.
Your excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to build strong relationships with internal teams, client stakeholders, and external agency partners ensure the successful execution of projects and the satisfaction of clients.
With a proactive and adaptable approach, you support the Account Director in managing complex projects end-to-end, providing relevant feedback, and maintaining a focus on continuous improvement and excellence in client service.
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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 a colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every payday.
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 your salary, depending on how we perform. Your well-being is important to us, too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday.
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, pay 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, and you will also be eligible for private healthcare.
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).
