Conference Lead, Student Engagement

Conference Lead

Skillify | Las Vegas, NV (Summerlin)

This role is for someone who owns the room.

You know how some people walk into a space and the energy shifts? That's you. You can hold 50 high schoolers' attention for six hours straight — not by talking at them, but by making them feel like they're part of something. You're part motivational speaker, part workshop facilitator, part hype person, and 100% someone who genuinely believes in young people.

We're Skillify. We run career conferences and mentorship programs that help students figure out what they want to do with their lives. We've reached thousands of students across 220+ schools — and we're just getting started.

Our conferences are the heartbeat of what we do. They're high-energy, high-impact days where students meet mentors, explore careers, and walk out with more confidence than they came in with. You'll be the person who makes that happen.

If you want a desk job, this isn't it. If you want to work directly with students 2-4 days a week while traveling across California and Nevada — keep reading.

The Culture

• High standards, high support. We expect excellence and we'll help you get there.
• Move fast, stay scrappy. We don't wait for permission. We figure it out.
• Collaborative, not competitive. Small team = everyone matters. Your ideas matter on day one.
• Fun matters. We work hard AND we like each other. Team dinners, travel, inside jokes — the whole thing.
• Mission over ego. We're here for students. Everything else is secondary.

What You'll Actually Do

You'll be the face and voice of Skillify at our in-person conferences and events. You're not reading from a script — you're commanding a room, reading the crowd, adjusting on the fly, and creating moments students will remember years from now.

Conference days (2-4x per week):

• Lead full-day career conferences (6+ hours) at high schools across California and Nevada
• Facilitate high-energy workshops on career exploration, mentorship, goal-setting, and professional skills
• Emcee and manage the flow — intros, transitions, keeping energy high, handling the unexpected
• Connect with students 1:1 and in groups — you're approachable, memorable, someone they trust
• Coordinate with school staff and mentors to make sure the day runs seamlessly
• Drive to school sites, sometimes 2-3+ hours each way, including frequent overnight travel

Between conferences:

• Improve and iterate on workshop content based on what's landing
• Prep materials, coordinate logistics, debrief with the team
• Support other Skillify initiatives as needed — we're a startup, roles flex

You're Right for This If...

You command a room. Not in a "look at me" way — in a "I've got you, we're doing this together" way. Students lean in when you talk.

You have “impossible-to-ignore” positive energy. Six hours on your feet, projecting, facilitating, engaging — and you're still hyped at the end. This isn't a performance you can fake.

You love high schoolers. Not in a "kids are cute" way. You genuinely respect them, get their humor, meet them where they are, and believe in their potential.

You think on your feet. The projector breaks. A student asks something unexpected. The schedule shifts. You adapt without missing a beat.

You're a natural storyteller. You make ideas stick. You use your own experiences, humor, and authenticity to connect.

You're reliable and organized. Conferences require serious logistics. You show up early, prepared, with everything handled.

You want to grow. You'll work directly with our founders and help shape how we run conferences as we scale.

You're excited to travel. This role is on the road 2-4 days a week. You see that as a feature, not a bug.

Who Thrives Here

People who were the camp counselor everyone wanted. The teacher students still remember. The person who ran orientation, led the pep rally, organized the volunteer day — and made everyone feel like they belonged. You've always been the one who could get a room of strangers to open up.

Requirements

• Work with us in-person at our Summerlin office when not at conferences
• Available to lead conferences 2-4 days per week, often full-day (6+ hours on-site)
• Valid driver's license, reliable car, and willingness to drive 2-3+ hours to school sites
• Open to overnight travel when conferences are far from Las Vegas
• Strong public speaking skills — you've done this before and you're good at it
• High energy that sustains over long days (this is non-negotiable)
• Comfortable learning new content quickly and making it your own
• Organized and savvy with Google Drive or tools like Notion
• Bonus: experience in teaching, youth programs, event facilitation, theater, coaching, or anything that put you in front of groups of young people

Why This Role is Special

• Real impact you can see. You'll watch students transform over the course of a single day. That never gets old.
• Founder access. You'll learn directly from people who've built this company for 12+ years.
• Shape the role. We're scaling our conference program. Your ideas on how to make it better will actually get implemented.
• A team that's actually fun. We like working together. That's rare — and it matters.
• Never boring. Different school, different students, different energy every time. If you hate repetition, you'll love this.

Sound Like You?

If you read this and thought "I was literally born for this" — we want to hear from you.

Don't send us a generic cover letter. Tell us: Why Skillify? Why conferences? Send us a 2-minute video of you doing what you do best — teaching, presenting, hyping up a room, whatever shows us who you are in front of a crowd. Complete the official application here.