Event Planner
About the job
- Demonstrated experience in event planning, logistics coordination, or hospitality management for both virtual and face-to-face formats.
- Experience assisting with budget formulation, expense tracking, and financial reconciliation.
- Ability to communicate in writing and verbally with executives, hotel staff, and event attendees.
- Ability to organize details and manage competing priorities.
- Ability to travel up to 6 times per year across the United States and Canada, with flexibility for occasional evening and weekend hours during live event cycles.
- Manage logistics, agendas, and production details for virtual gatherings, regional sales meetings, and national leadership conferences.
- Research, source, and negotiate contracts for meeting venues, hotel room blocks, and third-party vendor services to ensure quality and cost efficiency.
- Partner with Finance and department leads to build, track, manage, and reconcile event budgets.
- Provide active technical and logistical coordination for virtual events and hands-on, on-site event management across the country and at the Home Office.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for event logistics, itineraries, and instructions for attendees, presenters, venue staff, and external partners.
- Build collaborative relationships with executives, publishers, and internal teams while supporting strategic initiatives alongside the Training & Development Director.
- Prior experience planning corporate sales events or multi-day conference programs in a fast-paced environment.
- Success securing favorable terms and maximizing budget value with major hotel chains and vendor networks.
- Familiarity with modern virtual event platforms, interactive meeting tools, and presentation software.
About the company
Best Version Media creates hyperlocal print publications across the U.S. and Canada to connect neighborhoods with local residents and businesses. Its products are neighborhood magazines featuring local families, events, and sports, distributed through a broad printing and distribution network, with content tailored to each community. The company earns revenue by selling local advertising space and blending traditional print with social-media-like content to target specific areas. Its goal is to help residents stay informed and support local businesses by delivering targeted, neighborhood-focused content and ads.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Town of Brookfield, Wisconsin
Founded
2007
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- BVM reported 1,966 employees in March 2026, up 1.8% year-over-year.
- Tiger Pistol's October 2025 agreement expands recurring social ad revenue for 30,000 SMB clients.
- BVM's 2026 website says it still mails over 47 million annual copies.
What critics are saying
- H.I.G.'s January 2025 acquisition raises leverage and exit-pressure risk within three years.
- Digital ad automation from Meta and Google compresses BVM's reseller margins quickly.
- If local advertisers shift budgets online, BVM's print-led model loses relevance entirely.
What makes Best Version Media unique
- BVM reaches 1,300+ hyperlocal magazines across U.S. and Canada, built since 2007.
- It serves 94,000+ local businesses with community-trusted print and digital advertising.
- Tiger Pistol integration gives BVM automated, localized social campaigns at SMB scale.
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Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours