Knut Melvær

Business Development Executive

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in developer marketing and community engagement.
Led initiatives to educate and grow developer communities.
Strong background in technical documentation and content creation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS marketing expert with a strong focus on developer relations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Developer MarketingCommunity EngagementContent Creation

Other Skills

Project ManagementTeam LeadershipMarketing StrategyTechnical DocumentationProduct MarketingCommunity ManagementWeb DevelopmentClaude CodeArtificial Intelligence (AI)ResearchUniversity TeachingCreative WritingText EditingDigital HumanitiesQualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies

About

Managing sanity.io’s developer community. Building developer relations and support teams. I also work with product marketing, communication, and contributing to the Sanity ecosystem.

Experience

Sanity.io

3 roles

Principal Developer Marketing Manager

Promoted

Dec 2025 – Present · 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

Leading the team to educate, enable, and engage Sanity's growing community of developers through new learning programs, content, demos, and certifications.

Developer MarketingProject ManagementTeam LeadershipMarketing StrategyCommunity Engagement

Principal Developer Marketing Manager

Promoted

Feb 2023 – Nov 2023 · 9 mos

Responsible for developer marketing roadmap, content creation, developer outreach, social media channels, developer education, and community engagement.

Content CreationDeveloper MarketingTechnical DocumentationProduct MarketingCommunity ManagementWeb Development

Head of Developer Relations

Aug 2018 – Mar 2023 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Managing sanity.io’s developer community. Building our developer relations team. Also works with marketing, communication and contributing to the Sanity ecosystem.

Technical Documentation

Sysla.no

Columnist

May 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr · Norway

Columnist of technology and culture.

Netlife bergen

Senior technologist

Sep 2015 – Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Norway

Developer, project manager, and technology advisor.
Worked with a range of clients across many sectors, including Energi og Klima, NDLA, Enivest, Keep-it, Fearnley Offshore Supply, Norwegian Fund and Asset Management Association, Warner Music, De Bergenske Hotels, The Norwegian Government Agency for Financial Management, U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Value Accounting, Sonas, The City of Oslo, and Gjensidige.

Technical Documentation

Morgenbladet

Columnist (Forskningsfronten)

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · Norway

Wrote about developments within the academic study of religions

Klassekampen

Columnist (Tro og tvil)

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr · Oslo, Norway

Wrote about religion from a cultural and sociological perspective

University of bergen

4 roles

PhD Fellow

Sep 2011 – Sep 2015 · 4 yrs · Norway

PhD thesis: “Approaching Digital Methods within the Study of Religion”. Elaborate experience in teaching and research dissemination.

Web Developer

Jan 2008 – May 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Design and development in Wordpress av studentblogg.uib.no.

Relocation coordinator

Jul 2007 – Jul 2007 · 0 mo

Coordinated the relocation of the department for archeology, history, culture, and religious studies.

Scientific Assistant

Jan 2007 – Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Archive work, data preparation, data analysis

Safari fjøsanger

Shop Assistant (fresh produce)

Jul 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Norway

Self-employed

Freelance Web Developer

Apr 2005 – Dec 2016 · 11 yrs 8 mos · Norway

Website development.
Clients including EMI Music Norway, Warner Music, University of Bergen, University of Oslo, Jumpins, and The Religious Studies Project.