Head of Studio

Great football content only becomes a great business when it’s delivered reliably, at scale and with a healthy margin. At 433, our Studio is where football culture meets brands: we create high-impact branded content and original 433 video for some of the biggest names in football and beyond. We’re looking for a Head of Studio to join our leadership team and run it as a profitable production engine, leading our Video, Planning & Production, Creative and Project Management teams.

This is a role for an operator who makes great creative work happen. If you love football, know how to run a complex production operation and get energy from making a studio work as a business, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

Born from a deep passion for the beautiful game, 433 represents global football culture at its core. With more than 80 million followers worldwide, including many of the sport’s greatest players, we are the largest online football platform in the world. Through close relationships with players, clubs, and leagues, we operate inside the locker room, capturing moments fans never had access to before.

Through our social channels, app and content ecosystem, we bring fans closer to the players, clubs, competitions and moments they care about most. We move fast, think big and are constantly looking for new ways to connect with football fans. From breaking moments and original formats to branded productions, new technology and creative ideas, 433 is where football culture and digital innovation come together.

About the Role
As Head of Studio, you own the engine behind 433’s branded content and owned video production. You run the Studio as a profit center: you own its P&L and are accountable for margin, cost, utilisation and freelancer spend. You make sure every job is delivered on time, on budget, on brief and at the 433 quality bar, while many productions run at the same time. Success means a Studio that hits its margin, delivers reliably and keeps partners coming back.

You lead the leads of our Video, Planning & Production and Creative teams, together with our Project Managers. You set the operational standards for how work is scoped, planned, resourced and delivered, and you build the processes that make the Studio predictable and scalable.

You’re part of the leadership team and report directly to the CEO. Together with the other Heads, you help shape 433’s strategy and the next phase of our growth. You work closely with our Partnerships team on our biggest and most complex partnership pitches: you assess scope, feasibility, resourcing and pricing, and make sure we can deliver what we sell, profitably. The partner relationship and the deal stay with Partnerships. You also work side by side with Content & Growth on owned 433 video, and with Tech & Product on the tools and AI that make production faster and smarter.

This is not a role where you need to be the best creative in the room. You make sure the best creative people can do their best work, and that their work turns into a healthy business.

Key Responsibilities

Studio & P&L

• Own the Studio P&L and run the Studio as a profit center: margin, cost, utilisation and freelancer spend.

• Report on performance, profitability, capacity and delivery to the CEO and leadership team.

• Identify opportunities to grow Studio revenue, improve margins or streamline production, and turn them into action.

Delivery & Operations

• Deliver branded content and owned 433 video at scale: on time, on budget, on brief and at the 433 quality bar.

• Develop and produce 433’s own IP: original formats and series that strengthen the 433 brand, grow our audience and can be scaled with partners.

• Set the operational standards for how Studio work is scoped, planned, resourced and delivered.

• Manage capacity and resources across many concurrent productions, and build an efficient, flexible freelancer network.

• Keep improving processes and workflows to increase throughput and reduce rework.

• Embrace AI across the Studio: constantly explore and implement new AI tools and workflows that improve quality, speed and margin.

Partnerships

• Join Partnerships on big and complex partnership pitches to shape scope, feasibility, resourcing and pricing.

• Make sure the Studio is set up to deliver what is sold before a project enters production, while routine work runs smoothly through your team.

Leadership

• Lead the Video, Planning & Production, Creative and Project Management teams, and make sure creative ideas and execution meet the 433 bar.

• Coach and develop your leads, and build a high-performing, accountable Studio organisation.

• Build strong relationships with the other Heads and key stakeholders, and work closely with Content & Growth, Tech & Product and Partnerships to align priorities, plans and resources.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a senior production and studio leader who knows how to run a complex creative operation, and how to make it work as a business.

You have:

• Significant experience leading a production, studio or content operation at scale, at an agency, media company, studio or in-house.

• Proven P&L ownership: you’ve delivered profitable production, not only creative output.

• A strong track record of delivering many projects at once, on time, on budget and on brief.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across video, production, creative and project management, including leading other leads.

• The commercial confidence to join major pitches with Partnerships and challenge scope, timelines, feasibility and pricing when needed.

• Strong operational instincts: you spot bottlenecks, inefficiencies and risks before they become problems.

• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience working with senior stakeholders across Partnerships, Content & Growth, Tech & Product and the wider leadership team.

• A genuine interest in AI and new production tools, and in how they can make a studio faster and smarter.

• A love for football and digital media. Experience in sports, media or entertainment is a strong plus.

• Excellent communication skills and fluent English. Dutch is a plus.

• A love for our strong office culture and a preference for working at our Amsterdam office with the team on a daily basis.

Who you are

As Head of Studio at 433, you are:

• An operator: you make things happen and create structure without slowing people down.

• Commercially minded: you know creativity and profitability need to work together, and you know what a job really takes before it’s sold.

• Calm under pressure: multiple productions, tight deadlines and changing priorities don’t throw you off.

• Decisive: you make the call when scope, timing, quality and budget compete, and you’re firm on scope and margin.

• A leader of leaders: you give your leads ownership and hold them accountable for results.

• Process-minded, not bureaucratic: you build systems that help creative teams move faster and better.

• A strong partner: you build strong relationships with other stakeholders and work closely with Partnerships, Content & Growth and Tech & Product without taking over their roles.

• A builder: you spot opportunities to grow or streamline the Studio, and you execute on them.

• AI-minded: you embrace AI and are always looking for ways it can make the work better, faster and smarter.

• Football-minded: you understand why 433 content needs to feel authentic to football culture, also when a brand is involved.

• Amsterdam-based: you live in or around Amsterdam, so you can be at the office daily.

What’s in it for you?

We are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. To support this, we offer:

• A seat on the leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO.

• Ownership of a growing Studio and its P&L, with direct impact on one of 433’s key commercial engines.

• The opportunity to work on high-profile branded content with some of the biggest brands and names in football.

• The freedom to build better processes, teams and ways of working.

• Short communication lines with leadership, Partnerships, Content & Growth and Tech & Product.

• A young, ambitious and down-to-earth team with a genuine passion for football.

• An office with plenty of opportunities to stay active, including padel, a gym (discount), ping-pong and football.

• Daily catered lunch at the office.

• A competitive salary and benefits, including a pension plan and plenty of vacation days.

Apply now!

Would you like to run the Studio behind the world’s largest online football platform? We’d love to hear from you. Send us your CV and tell us why this role is the right next step for you.

We’re not looking for someone who simply makes great content. We’re looking for someone who makes great content happen: reliably, profitably and at scale.