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Communications Executive - Food and DrinkSainsbury's
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  • LevelMid Level
  • ProfessionsCommunications Manager, Public Relations Manager, Marketer
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Closing Date: 03-Dec-2024

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. This is where you’ll enjoy a broad range of projects, no matter what your level, because our Corporate Affairs team is non-hierarchical and truly plugged in to the rest of the business. Whether it’s internal, external or government relations, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with everyone from food waste to health, or general merchandising to Nectar, in order to support some amazing campaigns. You’ll help build trust around Sainsbury’s with customers, senior stakeholders, media and more. And if non-linear progression is what you’re after, you’ll find opportunities are all around.
Why join us
Joining our team as a Food & Drink Consumer Communications Executive offers an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of our Consumer Communications team and contribute to delivering engaging PR campaigns and projects across our food business. You will have the chance to work on a diverse range of products and initiatives, including innovation across our own brand ranges, value and Nectar. The role will support the Senior Consumer Communications Manager and Consumer Communications Manager in the development and delivery of broader food and drink campaign strategies, where you'll be able to showcase your creativity, organisational and relationship-building skills. As part of our team, you'll benefit from a stimulating work environment, continuous learning and development opportunities, competitive salary, attractive benefits, and the flexibility to achieve a satisfying work-life balance.
What you'll do
You will play a critical role within the Consumer Communications team, supporting the delivery of exciting PR campaigns and projects across the food business. Your focus will be on own brand products, working closely with product development and buying teams to secure information and identify day-to-day PR opportunities. You will proactively manage the Food & Drink PR calendar, maximising coverage opportunities across various media platforms, and liaising with PR agencies and suppliers. Additionally, you will coordinate journalist sample requests, monitor the press for industry insights, and mentor the PR Assistant. As a brand guardian, you will ensure consistent branding across all PR assets. Strong attention to detail, excellent communication abilities, and a keen interest in food trends and the media landscape will be essential to succeed in this role.
Who you are
You are a highly organised and detail-oriented individual, early in your career in Food & Drink PR or Consumer PR, coupled with a keen interest in the media landscape, including social media and influencers. You ideally have around two years’ experience in an in-house or agency role, and are at Account Executive or equivalent level. Your role is integral in delivering exciting PR campaigns and projects across our food business, with a focus on innovative own brand products. With your excellent communication skills, you will build and nurture relationships with internal teams, PR agencies, and journalists to secure information, identify PR opportunities, and maximise coverage. Your strong organisation skills allow you to proactively manage the PR calendar, coordinate sample requests, and mentor the team’s PR Assistant. As a brand guardian, you ensure consistent branding across all PR assets and align PR activities with marketing strategies to drive results. Your positive mindset, solution-oriented approach, and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams make you a valuable asset to our team.
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 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 pay day. 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 5% 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 additional 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, 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. 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).
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.

Skills Required

  • Public Relations
  • Campaigns
  • Communication Skills

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