Head of KTO Studio

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Job Summary: The Head of KTO Studio will lead the internal creative studio, ensuring continuous delivery of high-quality content, brand consistency, and executional excellence—inspiring and guiding the team. Key Highlights: 1. Lead the internal creative studio with a focus on brand excellence and consistency. 2. Manage the team, driving performance and continuous development. 3. Transform brand strategy into relevant and innovative content. Welcome to KTO, where innovation fuels emotion in iGaming. Founded in 2018 by Andreas Bardun, we are transforming online gaming with a focus on transparency and player satisfaction. At KTO.com, we combine the excitement of sports betting with the entertainment of online casino, tailored to local markets and powered by our proprietary platform for a personalized and seamless experience. KTO is an ascending leader in Latin America, proudly ranked among the top 10 iGaming brands in Brazil. Join us as we set new standards of trust, innovation, and the future of iGaming. The Head of KTO Studio will be responsible for leading KTO’s internal creative studio, ensuring continuous delivery of content and projects at the highest creative level, brand consistency, and executional excellence. This is a senior leadership role with direct responsibility for team management and the studio’s structural evolution. We seek a professional capable of inspiring, guiding, and elevating the creative quality of deliverables—while also possessing a highly organized, strategic, and process-driven profile, ensuring predictability, efficiency, and scalability in an always-on environment. The Head of KTO Studio is not an operational executor but rather the person who ensures smooth operations: defining priorities, structuring workflows, establishing standards, and guaranteeing that everything produced by the studio meets the brand’s expected level. Reporting directly to KTO’s Director of Brand and Communications, this leader will be responsible for translating brand strategy and brand territories into ideas, narratives, and relevant content—leading the KTO Studio team and ensuring full governance over the studio’s production pipeline, securing consistent deliveries at a high standard, scale, and cadence. ### **Key Responsibilities** * Lead macro-planning of studio deliverables, timelines, and priorities. * Structure and optimize processes to ensure high cadence without compromising quality. * Ensure organization and governance of creative assets (standardization, versioning, and control). * Monitor team productivity capacity and distribute demands strategically. * Anticipate risks, prevent bottlenecks, and reduce rework, keeping the studio efficient and scalable. * Balance creative ambition with operational feasibility, deadlines, and resources. * Lead the KTO Studio as the strategic hub for content creation and production. * Directly manage the studio team, ensuring performance, alignment, and continuous development. * Define clear directions, organize priorities, and lead the team consistently and rigorously. * Foster a productive creative environment with high standards and a culture of continuous improvement. * Provide objective and structured feedback to promote technical and creative development. * Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints produced by the KTO Studio. * Collaborate closely with other marketing departments. * Act as a strategic and creative liaison with external partners (production houses, freelancers, and agencies), when necessary. * Translate KTO’s brand strategy and brand territories into coherent concepts, narratives, and campaigns. * Contribute creative ideas and direction, elevating the studio’s repertoire and ambition. * Curate approved and published content, ensuring excellence and brand alignment. ### **Profile and Qualifications** * Proven experience leading creative teams, internal studios, or advertising agencies. * Senior profile with a consistent track record in people management and responsibility for creative quality. * Robust portfolio demonstrating creative vision, execution quality, and ability to sustain concepts over time. * Strong critical thinking and creative evaluation skills. * Demonstrated experience in continuous production environments and always-on brands. * Ability to balance creativity, organization, and process management. * Strategic brand vision, with skill in transforming abstract guidelines into concrete creative deliverables. * Clear communication, firm leadership, and a reference-point posture. * Capacity to make difficult decisions regarding quality. At KTO, diversity is not just a buzzword—it’s our strength. We are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered. Together, we’re not just working on projects—we’re making real impact in our communities. Join us to celebrate diversity and drive meaningful change! KTO is licensed for sports betting and online gaming in Brazil under Ordinance No. 2,093/2024, ensuring a safe and regulated environment for our operations. **Participation Prohibited** Minors under 18 (eighteen) years of age; Public officials whose duties are directly related to regulation, control, or oversight of such activities within the federal entity in which they serve; Individuals who have or may influence the outcome of a real sporting event subject to fixed-odds betting, including: * Individuals holding positions as sports executives, sports technicians, coaches, or members of technical commissions; * Sports referees, assistant referees, or equivalents; sports entrepreneurs; agents or representatives of athletes and technicians; technicians or members of technical commissions; * Members of administrative or supervisory bodies of organizations managing or organizing sports competitions or events; * Athletes participating in competitions organized by entities within Brazil’s National Sports System; Individuals diagnosed with gambling disorder, as confirmed by a licensed mental health professional. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.