Head of Studio

Primordial Soup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Primordial Soup in New York City is seeking a Head of Studio to lead our content business and shape the studio's slate, strategy, and growth. This senior role blends creative development with production oversight, defining investments, building a development pipeline, and scaling IP across platforms with an entrepreneurial mindset.

You will work closely with the founder and leadership to move projects from idea to market, oversee strategy for marketing, audience growth, and fan engagement, and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in creative development, digital media, and/or studio leadership.
• Proven track record building, scaling, and monetizing IP.
• Fluency in digital distribution and building audiences across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead content strategy and studio operations.
• Develop and manage a scalable development pipeline from concept to market.
• Oversee budgets, P&L, and resource allocation for slate projects.
• Build and lead creative and operational teams; recruit top talent.

Skills

Creative development

Digital media

Studio leadership

Team leadership

Negotiation

Budgeting & P&L

Audience growth

Job description

Primordial Soup is a generative AI lab and story studio founded by visionary filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. We invent original stories and the tools to tell them — merging bold narrative, emotional depth, and experimental workflows. From ANCESTRA, created with Google DeepMind, to our upcoming originals, we’re generating new IP, building cinematic tools, and shaping a creative model where artists and technology evolve together.

Our team is small and works at the cutting edge of what generative AI can create. We are based in New York City.

We're looking for a Head of Studio to lead our content business, shape our slate, and drive strategic growth. This is a senior leadership position at a high-growth start up. It is not a traditional studio job. We are building a studio from the ground up and many of the projects we produce won't fit neatly into existing categories. The ideal candidate is excited by the challenge of finding new and creative ways to tell stories and cultivate fanbases.

The Role

As Head of Studio, you'll be responsible for the company's content strategy and studio operations. You'll oversee the development, production and commercialization of our slate, including digital-first creator content, feature films, television series, and branded content. You'll work closely with the founder and leadership team to define how the studio invests its resources and to move projects from idea to market.

What You’ll Do

• Lead our content business, from strategy through execution
• Identify, structure, negotiate, and close deals with individual creators, studios, brands and technical partners
• Build and manage a development pipeline, guiding creators from concept to execution of content that can be scaled across multiple platforms
• Oversee strategy for marketing, audience growth and fan engagement – and build a team to execute on it
• Help determine which projects move forward and how resources are allocated across our slate
• Work alongside our Head of Production to oversee content and production budgets
• Represent Primordial Soup externally across the entertainment, technology, and creative communities
• Stay ahead of emerging trends in new media, AI, entertainment, and storytelling to identify new creative and commercial opportunities

What You’ll Do

• Extensive experience in creative development, digital media, and/or studio leadership
• A proven track record building, scaling, and monetizing IP
• Fluency in digital distribution — including social media, YouTube, FAST, and SVOD — and how to build audiences and monetize content across multiple platforms
• An ability to recruit and lead creative and operational teams
• Experience managing production budgets and P&L performance
• Strong relationships with creators, talent representatives, distributors, and brands
• Confidence operating between legacy media and the creator economy
• A forward-thinking entrepreneur with a genuine curiosity in the future of storytelling
• A strong communicator capable of representing Primordial Soup’s strategic vision internally, with investors, and the press

Primordial Soup provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

Primordial Soup is committed to a fair and transparent hiring process. We confirm that this advertisement is for an active, existing vacancy within our organization. Please be advised that we may use artificial intelligence-driven tools to assist our recruitment team in screening, assessing, and selecting candidates for this position.