opportunities

Head of Studio

Primordial Soup — New York or Los Angeles

Primordial Soup is an AI-native storytelling studio founded by acclaimed filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. We create original films, series, and emerging forms of cinematic storytelling while building the creative tools that make them possible.

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 We're Looking For

  • 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

How to Apply

If you're interested, we’d love to hear from you! Please send your resume, LinkedIn, portfolio or relevant work samples, and contact details to opportunities@primordialsoup.ai.

About Primordial Soup

Primordial Soup is a technology and story studio founded by 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, and On This Day…1776 for TIME Studios, to our upcoming original digital series, and feature films, we're building a new model for cinematic storytelling where artists and technology evolve together.