About the Role
As Content Director, you will shape the editorial vision and content strategy for Bett USA, ensuring every program delivers valuable insights, inspires innovation, and attracts senior decision-makers from across the education landscape. You will curate world-class agendas, identify emerging trends, and build influential communities that position our events at the centre of the edtech conversation.
Responsibilities
- Lead the content strategy and editorial direction across the brand, ensuring programs remain relevant, commercially valuable, and market-leading.
- Design and develop compelling conference agendas that address the key challenges, opportunities, and trends shaping the education sector.
- Identify, recruit, and manage high-profile speakers, industry influencers, and thought leaders from leading education institutions, educational organisations and edtech companies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior industry stakeholders to ensure content remains informed by market needs and emerging trends.
- Collaborate with marketing teams to create content that drives audience acquisition, engagement, and event registrations.
- Partner with commercial and sponsorship teams to identify content-led partnership opportunities while maintaining editorial integrity.
- Conduct ongoing market research, competitor analysis, and audience feedback reviews to inform content strategy and event development.
- Lead and mentor content team members, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee the production of event content, including keynote sessions, panel discussions, workshops, roundtables, and networking formats.
- Represent the business externally as a trusted industry voice, moderating sessions, hosting speakers, and building relationships within the education community.
Requirements
- Editorial Leadership – Proven experience developing content strategies, conference programs, or editorial products for B2B events, media, or industry communities.
- Industry Knowledge – Strong understanding of education sector, including education technology trends.
- Speaker & Stakeholder Management – Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior executives, thought leaders, and industry partners.
- Strategic Content Development – Ability to translate market insights into compelling content themes, agendas, and audience experiences.
- Leadership & Team Management – Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing content or editorial teams.
- Communication & Presentation Skills – Excellent written, verbal, and public-speaking skills, with confidence representing the brand at industry events and engaging with senior stakeholders.
Work Type
- Hybrid work
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $120,000 based on experience
Benefits
- Competitive bonus structure
- Full medical, dental, and vision package
- Retirement plan with company match (401K)
- Competitive vacation policy
About the Company
- Global Ventures is Hyve’s dedicated accelerator unit which launches new events and supercharges new ventures.
- Hyve is the organiser of the world’s fastest-growing and most forward-thinking B2B events.
- Hyve’s platforms play a critical role in their strategies - helping them enter new markets, accelerate growth and connect with the people who matter most.
- Hyve’s portfolio features some of the world’s leading events in sectors like ecommerce, healthcare, edtech, and fintech.
- Hyve is growing fast with an entrepreneurial culture that empowers big ideas and quick action, plus an ambitious acquisition strategy bringing exciting new events into our mix.
- Hyve is building tech and data-driven products that supercharge connections – from one-to-one meeting programs and curated table talks to year-round engagement platforms.
- You’ll join a global team redefining how industries connect, collaborate, and grow – working with some of the most talented people in the business.
Equal Opportunity
- First things first: whatever your background, beliefs or ambitions, there’s a culture of belonging at Hyve — and everyone is welcome.
- You’ll thrive here if you’re curious, collaborative and not afraid to challenge convention.
- We look for people who take pride in what they do, who are excited by change and always moving forward.
- The kind of people who stay open, keep learning, and look for better ways to make an impact.
- Our shared behaviours guide how we work: we dare to do things differently, own our work, embrace collaboration, stay true to ourselves and others, and remember that optimism wins.
