Digital Marketing Lead, part-time opportunity

Sainsbury’s; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping

Pension scheme

Performance bonus up to 10% of salary

Job summary

Sainsbury's Limited is seeking a Digital Marketing Lead for a part‑time role based in London, blending strategic oversight with hands‑on delivery across paid channels. The role sits in a high‑impact team that drives campaigns at scale and across multiple platforms.

You’ll lead campaigns across Display, Paid Social, programmatic, VOD and mobile media, collaborating with internal teams and external partners to optimise performance and ROI.

Qualifications

• Commercially minded digital marketer with a strong understanding of paid media.
• Confident using data to understand performance and inform decisions.
• Organised, proactive and collaborative, able to manage multiple priorities across teams and agency partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage paid digital campaigns from brief through activation, optimisation and reporting.
• Collaborate with media agency and teams across Marketing, E-commerce and Trading to deliver campaigns on time and within budget.
• Use data and insight to improve ROI and explore new formats, platforms and opportunities.
• Partner with Brand and Design teams to develop compelling digital creative and maintain best practice in Display and Paid Social.

Skills

Display media

Programmatic

Paid social

Auction‑based media

Job description

Digital Marketing Lead, part-time opportunity

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Hours: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Marketing
Closing date: 12 November 2026
Requisition ID: 400096043

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.

Part-time / Job Share | 22.2 hours | Monday – Wednesday
Hybrid | London
Grade C4

Join our Digital Marketing team for the opportunity to shape how Sainsbury’s connects with millions of customers across paid digital channels. As our Digital Marketing Lead, you’ll work across Display, Paid Social, programmatic, VOD and mobile media, helping us create effective campaigns that build our brands and drive commercial performance. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with brilliant teams and agency partners, using creativity, data and insight to test new ideas, optimise performance and make a genuine impact.

What you’ll do

As our Digital Marketing Lead, you’ll manage paid digital campaigns from brief through to activation, optimisation and reporting. Working closely with our media agency and teams across Marketing, E-commerce and Trading, you’ll ensure campaigns are delivered effectively, on time and within budget. You’ll use data and insight to understand performance and improve ROI, manage always‑on digital activity and explore new formats, platforms and opportunities through a test‑and‑learn approach. You’ll also partner with our Brand and Design teams to develop compelling digital creative, while building strong relationships with media partners and keeping us at the forefront of best practice across Display and Paid Social.

Who you are

You’re a commercially minded digital marketer with a strong understanding of paid media and a genuine curiosity for the constantly evolving digital landscape. You’re confident working with data to understand performance and make informed decisions, while equally appreciating the role that brilliant creative plays in engaging customers. Organised, proactive and collaborative, you’re comfortable managing multiple priorities at pace and working with different teams and agency partners to get great work out into the world.

• Experience in Display, programmatic and auction‑based media, including how these channels work and the data flows behind them.
• Practical experience across a range of social media platforms.
• Experience in performance marketing principles, including using data and insight to inform media choices.

E‑commerce experience and working knowledge of how paid media channels can be used to generate demand.

#LI-SM1

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.

Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).