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Head of Media Studio The Ocean Cleanup Marketing & Communications Rotterdam, Netherlands Posted on Jul 22, 2026 POSTED: 20th July 2026 STARTING DATE: As soon as possible FULL TIME. ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS MISSION TO METRICS The Ocean Cleanup is a global nonprofit that develops and scales solutions to rid the world's oceans of plastic, driving systemic change, and creating a lasting positive impact for people, wildlife, and the planet. To achieve our mission, we must effectively tell our story to a broad range of stakeholders. THE ASSIGNMENT The Ocean Cleanup is seeking an experienced Head of Media Studio to lead its in-house creative production team based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Reporting to the Communications Director, this role is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Media Studio, ensuring the team delivers high-quality creative assets across video production, photography and design that support the organization's communications, marketing and fundraising objectives. The Media Studio operates as an internal creative production agency, partnering with Communications, Social Media, PR, Marketing, Partnerships, Business Development, Internal Communications, regional teams and other internal and external stakeholders to produce compelling content that helps advance The Ocean Cleanup's mission to rid the world's oceans of plastic. This is a hands-on leadership role. The Head of Media Studio combines strong people leadership with operational excellence, contributing directly when needed while building the systems, processes and capabilities that enable the team to deliver at scale. The role is responsible for defining the Media Studio's objectives, strategy and tactics, managing resources and budgets, establishing KPIs, measuring performance, developing the team, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring the Media Studio delivers high-quality creative content efficiently and consistently across the ...