Food Creative Manager
Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (3 months)
Location: Hatfield (hybrid working)
Working hours per week: Part-time – 32 hours per week
Level: Manager
Application closing date: Thursday 10th July 2025
About Us
Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.
We’re
Ocado Retail, a market-leading, joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket
ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind
Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.
About The Team And The Role
Are you a passionate food expert with a flair for creative recipe development and a keen eye for detail? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and love bringing delicious ideas to life for a wide audience? If so, we want to hear from you!
We're seeking a talented
Food Creative Manager to join our dynamic team on a 3-month fixed-term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of our food content creation, contributing directly to how millions discover and enjoy food through Ocado.com and OcadoLife magazine.
What You’ll Do
- Concepting & Developing: Dream up, develop, and style innovative recipes specifically for our engaging Organic social media assets, ensuring they are visually stunning and delicious.
- Recipe Curation & Editing: Take charge of editing recipes from M&S and third-party contributors, making sure every dish aligns with our unique in-house style guidelines.
- Food & Recipe Authority: Act as the go-to food and recipe expert for Ocado.com, providing insights and ensuring accuracy and quality across all our platforms.
- Content Balance: Play a crucial role in ensuring a fantastic balance of exciting and diverse recipes in each issue of our popular OcadoLife magazine.
- Trends & Innovation: Write a compelling trends newsletter, keeping our audience informed on the latest culinary shifts.
- Influencer Collaboration: Work closely with the social team in an advisory capacity, helping to shape engaging influencer recipes.
- Commercial Support: Assist the commercial team by generating creative ideas for new or hero product ranges, specifically for social and onsite promotion.
Who You Are
We're looking for someone with a strong background that may include editorial and/or social media experience. You'll be a self-starter, highly organised, and possess an excellent understanding of food trends and consumer preferences. Your passion for food should be infectious, and your ability to work collaboratively within a creative team will be key to your success.
Essential Experience:
- Proven experience in recipe writing and development.
- Demonstrable skills in recipe editing, with a strong understanding of style guides.
- A portfolio showcasing your food styling abilities.
Desired Experience:
- Experience in styling for video content.
- Background in social media content creation within a food context.
What’s In It For You
By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day, and grow your skills and career in online retail.
If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s a taste of what we offer:
Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance with the option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market-leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance, and more.
Spend & Save: Recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast every day in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.
Never miss the moments that matter: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy an extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere, and lifestyle break opportunities.
Our Hiring Process
Lucky for us, we get loads of great applications and we really appreciate that so many people put the time and effort in to apply. To recognise that, we treat all applications respectfully and fairly. So, if yours stands out, you’ll follow our standard hiring process – one of our Talent Partners will talk you through this in an initial call.
Everyone’s welcome
We’re an equal opportunities employer. That means that we make sure all potential colleagues are treated fairly and equally. If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form.
