Online Trade Executive - 18 month FTC

Tesco UK; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket and technology company is seeking an Online Trade Executive to manage and optimize seasonal, brand, and propositional campaigns across online platforms. The ideal candidate thrives on creating customer-focused content, applies analytical insights for improved performance, and collaborates across teams to ensure campaign success. This role allows for flexible working, promoting a healthy work-life balance while delivering high-quality content that engages and converts customers.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Inclusive recruitment process

Qualifications

• Understanding of digital customer journeys.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Proactive and curious attitude towards learning.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate seasonal campaigns across online platforms.
• Collaborate with multiple teams for campaign consistency.
• Use insights to optimize campaign performance.

Skills

Customer-focused mindset

Basic SEO knowledge

Experience with CMS platforms

Attention to detail

Clear communication skills

Collaborative approach

Creative thinking

Tools

Adobe Analytics

Job description

As an Online Trade Executive - Cross-Portfolio Campaigns & Events, you’ll play a key role in planning, delivering, and optimising seasonal, brand, and propositional content across Tesco’s online platforms. This role focuses on creating compelling, customer‑focused content that supports our online content strategy and enhances engagement and conversion. You’ll collaborate with teams across the business to ensure campaigns run smoothly and continuously improve content performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, coordinating, and delivering seasonal, brand, and propositional campaigns across Tesco’s online platforms, ensuring accuracy and timely execution.
• Partnering with propositional teams early in the planning process to support strategic thinking and help shape event direction; working alongside the Online Trading Manager on early‑stage campaign involvement.
• Applying strong commercial awareness and understanding of trading levers and commercial strategy, using data and insights to make informed decisions and optimise campaign performance.
• Collaborating with Customer, Marketing, and Trade Planning teams to ensure campaign content is consistent across all touchpoints and meets customer needs.
• Using analytics and SEO insights to guide content decisions and make in‑flight adjustments to improve performance.
• Reviewing content performance regularly and sharing insights with the wider team to support continuous improvement, including competitor analysis and external inspiration to inform best practices.
• Supporting the delivery of HFSS‑compliant sponsored content and contributing to monetisation opportunities in partnership with the Retail Media team.
• Maintaining high standards of content accuracy and compliance through regular checks and quality assurance processes.
• Providing feedback to digital product and technology teams to help enhance platforms and CMS functionality.
• Working in an agile environment, actively participating in team ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Qualifications

• A customer‑focused mindset with an understanding of digital customer journeys.
• Basic knowledge of SEO and content optimisation techniques.
• Experience working with CMS platforms and website analytics tools (such as Adobe Analytics).
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• A collaborative approach and clear communication skills to work confidently across teams.
• A proactive and curious attitude, with a willingness to learn and improve processes.
• Creative thinking to identify opportunities for enhancing content performance.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award‑winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

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