Online Trade Executive - 18 month FTC

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking an Online Trade Executive for Cross-Portfolio Campaigns & Events. This role involves planning, delivering, and optimizing content across online platforms to enhance engagement and conversion. Ideal candidates will have a customer-focused mindset, basic SEO knowledge, and experience with CMS platforms. The position offers flexibility and a comprehensive benefits package, including bonuses, generous holidays, and support for mental wellbeing. Work collaboratively within a motivated team to drive content success.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 10%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Work from home flexibility

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver seasonal campaigns across online platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure content consistency.
• Use analytics to guide content decisions and improve performance.

Skills

Customer-focused mindset

Basic knowledge of SEO

Experience with CMS and analytics tools

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Creative thinking

Tools

Adobe Analytics

Job description

Tesco UK • Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City • Temporary • Apply by 11-Jan-2026

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.

What is in it for you

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for

• 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.

You will need

• 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.

About us

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.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, click here for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.