Belinda Kidd has worked in the arts at a senior level for many years, both within arts organisations and within the arts funding system, at Greater London Arts and as Director of Cultural Services for West Midlands Arts. She was Head of Arts for Birmingham City Council from 1999 to 2001, producing a series of large-scale arts events for the Millennium celebrations, including ArtsFest, the Forward Festival, and Splash! (for BBC Millennium Music Live). She has worked for many arts organizations, including Theatre Royal Stratford East, Dance Xchange, The Drum, Oval House, Steel an' Skin and MAAS, and started her career at the Oval House in South London.

As a consultant, she has worked on a variety of projects for example producing a research report for South East Arts on Festivals in the South East, involving extensive primary research (with Jenna Kumiega), a study on the professional development needs of artists in North Staffordshire (with Jenna Kumiega), developing a cultural strategy for East Kent (with David Powell Associates), an education strategy for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and most recently a feasibility study into the proposal for a new international dance festival in Birmingham (with Audiences Central), in addition to her recent projects with Hybrid.

She has extensive experience of working on business plans and feasibility studies, e.g. for the Brighton Festival for the Dome project that helped to secure £15 million Arts Council lottery funding, for Coventry Arts Alive Festival, and for the New Vic theatre, helping to secure the funds and set up their award winning outreach programme, Borderlines. She is now working for the New Vic again, fundraising for a new annexe to support the education and community programmes. She has also taken responsibility for marketing operations, for example leading the successful establishment of the Drum's communications strategy and visual identity.