Head of Creative Studio & Brand Operations Young

Lead the internal creative agency behind the entire YOUNG ecosystem, overseeing branding, social media, content production, creative execution, budgets, workflows, and operational excellence.

Location: Remote, with regular travel to the Netherlands

Responsibilities

• Lead YOUNG Studio as the internal agency for all YOUNG companies and brands.
• Own the studio’s creative output, planning, priorities and delivery.
• Oversee branding, design, social media, content, video, photography and creative production.
• Develop and manage social media strategies, content calendars and campaigns.
• Translate ideas and business objectives into strong creative execution.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and at a consistently high standard.
• Build efficient workflows and scalable production systems.
• Improve speed, quality and cost efficiency across the studio.
• Manage internal talent, freelancers, agencies, suppliers and production partners.
• Negotiate rates and control external production costs.
• Allocate resources based on impact, urgency and business value.
• Introduce AI tools, automation and modern creative workflows.
• Safeguard brand consistency across every company, campaign and touchpoint.
• Create clear briefs, timelines, budgets and responsibilities.
• Identify bottlenecks and solve them before they become problems.
• Turn ideas into execution.

Requirements

• Experience leading a creative team, studio, agency or internal agency.
• Strong knowledge of branding, content marketing and social media.
• A clear understanding of how to grow and manage social channels.
• Strong project, production and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial awareness and a cost-conscious mindset.
• Experience managing budgets, suppliers, freelancers and external partners.
• The ability to balance creativity, speed, quality and efficiency.
• Experience building workflows, systems and processes that scale.
• A strong interest in AI tools, automation and modern content production.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• A high level of ownership.

Benefits

• A key leadership role within the YOUNG ecosystem.
• Responsibility for the creative backbone of multiple companies and brands.
• The freedom to shape YOUNG Studio’s team, processes and operating model.
• The opportunity to build an internal agency from the ground up.
• Work across multiple brands, ventures and industries.
• Direct collaboration with founders and senior decision-makers.
• A fast-moving and entrepreneurial environment.
• Significant ownership, autonomy and room to grow.
• Competitive compensation.
• Fully covered travel and accommodation for required working periods in the Netherlands.

Additional Information

• This role is for builders.
• For people who thrive on ownership.
• For people who understand that creativity only creates value when ideas become reality.
• For leaders who can combine ambition with discipline, speed with quality and creative thinking with commercial responsibility.
• If you are looking for a role where you can wait for instructions, this is not it.
• If you want to build, lead and continuously improve the creative engine behind an entire ecosystem, we would like to meet you.