Director, Live Content

Title: Director, Live Content US/Canada FLSA Status: Exempt Supervisor: Sr. Director, Live Content US/Canada Location: Remote (USA) Department: Marketing, Content & Communications Level: Manager/Director Alt Work Eligibility: CWW-Yes, Remote-Yes The starting base pay range for this position is $120,000-$140,000. Individual compensation will be commensurate with candidate's experience. This position is eligible for full benefits, as well as the Manager/Director level annual incentive bonus program. Summary of Position: Reporting to the Sr. Director, Live Content US/Canada, the Director, Live Content US/Canada leads the planning and delivery of AVIXA’s pro-AV live content portfolio for US/Canada, including the InfoComm conference program and year‑round editorial webinars. This role brings an audience‑first storytelling mindset to thought leadership and education working across teams to deliver seamless, high‑impact programs that connect, inspire, and grow the pro AV community. As a Director, Live Content, you will build and scale year-round conversations across a range of platforms for service providers and manufacturers to connect, grow their knowledge and business, and be inspired. You will lead a small team of remote-first content professionals, as well as take point on cross-functional planning and execution to ensure the seamless delivery of the InfoComm conference program and AVIXA webinars, including event operations, live content development, speaker outreach and management, sponsor fulfillment, partnership exchanges, and production. Major Duties & Responsibilities: - Set the vision, annual roadmap, and success measures for the US/Canada pro AV live content portfolio, including the InfoComm conference program and year‑round editorial webinars, ensuring alignment with AVIXA’s strategic priorities and audience needs. - Provide business and financial oversight for the US/Canada pro AV live content portfolio, including annual planning, forecasting, budget performance, staff management, and contribution to revenue and growth objectives. - Bring financial and commercial perspective to content strategy, ensuring live content programs align with revenue goals, sponsor value creation, and sustainable growth. - Use data, research, competitive intelligence, and advisory group input to inform program direction, evaluate proposals, surface emerging topics, and ensure content reflects real‑world business challenges and audience demand. - Provide leadership and oversight for live content programs both directly and via staff, including topic development, speaker strategy, and delivery for priority subject areas, while cultivating strong relationships with speakers, content partners, and advisors. - Negotiate and manage strategic content partnerships and sponsored content initiatives, including defining scope, expectations, KPIs, and ensuring alignment with AVIXA’s content standards and audience interests. - Establish and maintain content standards and operating practices for proposal review, speaker onboarding, content quality, accessibility, and required releases/permissions to ensure consistency, quality, and risk mitigation across programs. - Serve as a content advisor and thought partner to internal stakeholders, executives, sponsors, and subject matter experts, providing guidance on messaging, instructional design, and content delivery to ensure relevance and impact. - Collabor