Maybe Marvel?
Marvel.com is looking for a Senior Producer / Product Manager, and it might be a good fit for me. It’s a management position (ten people) with a lot of responsibility/accountability - and it sounds like a blast. I’d definitely like to talk to someone there to get a better idea of the day-to-day responsibilities involved to see if I would enjoy it.
The toughest part is just getting an actual interview with Marvel, who I’m sure will receive a veritable boatload of applicants. The question I would ask though is how many have my ambition, drive, sense of humor and incredible people skills. Gosh, I’m so humble right now, aren’t I. Look, if I can make friends with a mugger, surely that demonstrated I have people skills, right? For those of you who don’t know me, I once took a mugger to dinner. Seemed like a better idea than getting killed.
Plus, I need to shake things up in my life and I need a new challenge other than journalism. Don’t get me wrong, things here in I&D are exciting, but if I had my druthers, I’d move to NYC in a heartbeat. I’m sure it would take some work to see the wizzife on the idea, but I think she could be talked into it.
Plus, I could probably save money on comics.
OK, off the soapbox.