Comic Book Jobs: DC Comics

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Is Dark Metamorpho appealing to you? Do you envision a revamp of Challengers of the Unknown as a band of roving serial killers? Then you might want to be involved in the New 52 @ DC Comics!

And now’s your chance: they’re looking for both an Editor and an Assistant Editor.

For the Editor position, it’s in DC’s east coast office in Manhattan and is part of the DCU. You’ll be handling a minimum of 5 monthly titles.

For the Assistant Editor position, it’s also in Manhattan, but doesn’t make it clear that it’s in the DCU department.

For both positions, “Knowledge of comic book industry strongly preferred.”

Good luck, job seekers!

[Artwork: © Justice League Dark Annual #1, DC Comics]

Comic Book Jobs: Editor @ Abrams ComicArts

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One of the industry’s premier comics publishers is looking for an editor to come aboard.

Abrams ComicArts wants “a detail-oriented individual, with innovative product development skills in the area of comics and middle grade and young adult graphic fiction, to be responsible for editing and project managing 7 - 10 titles per season.”

As editor, you’d be acquiring titles for their ComicArts list and well as graphic novels for Amulet Books. Abrams ComicArts publishes a lot of great stuff - everything from the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books to William Stout’s Legends Of The Blues to The Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song by Frank M. Young and David Lasky.

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Comic Book Jobs: Editor In Chief

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It’s rare to find an editorial job at a comic book publisher posted on the internet. Lots of comic book jobs in editorial go to insiders and word spreads out to people in the industry. But there’s an editor-in-chief job at a comic book company that could be looking for a person just like you.

Medikidz is a health-based comic book company that uses comics to “explain medical conditions to young people in a way they can easily understand.” Based in the U.K., Medikidz has distributed 1.5 million comics in 40 countries, so they’re a pretty good-sized company.

As editor-in-chief, you’ll be “responsible for the overall quality and content” of their comics, set editorial policy, make final deciisons on content and manage all editorial staff and budget. You gotta have team management experience, that includes a knowledge of editing.

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Comic Book Jobs: DC Thomson

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Is this a look into the future of publishing?

Everyone knows that there are a lot of business models that corporate print media is trying so they can earn tons of money on the web.

And now DC Thomson appears to be ready to give it a try.

DC Thomson is the UK publisher of magazines (The People's Friend, Animals And You, Scots Magazine) and comics (Beano, Dandy, Commando).

They're getting ready to launch "a new online publishing venture in the families/personal finance space, to be called MyFamilyClub (“MFC”), which will also offer a novel, offline, 3rd-party-provided, financial services product."

DC Thomson's target audience for the site is "mums with kids (from pre-birth to the day they leave home). The role is to develop and promote external messages and campaigns attracting visitors and new customers."

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Comic Book Jobs: DC Comics Editor

Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,

You don’t often find a job listed for comic book editor. They rarely pop up and often are handled via inside search as opposed to an actual job listing.

Now DC’s posted one: they want an Editor for the DC Editorial department to “manage a line of editorial product within the DC Universe imprint.”

It’s for a minimum of 5 monthly titles (and please hope that one of them is not yet another relaunch of Metamorpho).

You’ll be handling the creative process “from conception through publication.” That means not just the talent stuff, but also schedules, budgets, quality and goodies like that.

As always, you’ll be required to seek “ways to keep ongoing series fresh and exciting” and “identify and develop new editorial products for the DC Universe.”

Lots of job requirements as you might expect, including experience doing this kind of thing before. Domestic travel is 5% of the job, which probably means a trip to San Diego for CCI in 2011.

Good luck, job seekers!

[And if you need a writer for that new Metamorpho relaunch, you can reach me here!]

For more about what a comic book editor does, you would do well to read this post by Mark Waid.

[Artwork: Metamorpho © DC Comics]

Comic Book Jobs: Egmont UK

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Do you love your children's books and licensed magazines?

Do you have any creative ideas to make them better?

Do you know the names of all the trains on the island of Sodor?

Egmont UK, the British division of the billion-dollar Scandanavian publishing powerhouse, needs an editor for 9 months while one of their editors is on maternity leave.

Egmont UK publishes tons of licensed-character books, usually based on popular TV shows, including Thomas the Tank Engine, Ben 10, Waybuloo, Guess with Jess, Postman Pat, Fireman Sam and Bob the Builder.
 
If you can multitask, have a cheery disposition and a love-love relationship with this type of subject matter, you might be able to roll this 9 month gig into something more longterm.

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Comic Book Jobs: Who’s Hiring? Future Publishing UK

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It’s rare to see a job like this pop up on the internets. These are usually handled internally, a recommendation from an insider or a nod to a prior intern.

Future Publishing, in Bath, England, is looking for an Editorial Assistant, a position that they claim has a competitive salary with excellent benefits. The job will have you working across all sections of three of their publications: SFX, Comic Heroes and SFX Specials. According to the post, “Most of your time will be spent writing entertaining and authoritative copy, particularly reviews and news. So if you know your Captain Britain from your Captain Jack and your Flash from your Flash Gordon, this could be the role for you!”

Their requirements are pretty simple, since this is an entry-level position. They want a “fantastic and well organized writer” with a “passion and knowledge of sci-fi.”

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Comic Book Jobs: Who’s Hiring? Egmont UK’s Toxic!

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Toxic Magazine is one of those things I always pick up whenever I’m in England because it’s such a goofy kid-friendly mix of comics, pop culture and fart jokes for kids 7-12. They’re up to issue #167, so I’m probably not the only person picking it up (though maybe one of the few over 12).

Now, Egmont, the giant Scandinavian publishing behemoth, is looking for an editor for Toxic to join their London office. But not just any editor: they want “an experienced and visionary editor to take this brand-leading title to its next level of development, working in close collaboration with the commercial team.”

So if you’ve got that all-important track record “in editorial innovation and product development” and are “enthusiastic about children’s publishing,” you could make a nice life for yourself at Toxic. Probably helps if you already live in the UK, but no job listing is perfect.

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How To Get A Raise From Marvel Comics

Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics,

When Marvel Comics made some rapid-fire changes to their business model back in 1995, they called it Marvelution. In addition to pulling out of the traditional Direct Market distribution channels and buying Heroes World so they could self-distribute their books, Marvel divided all of their books into five “families,” each with its own editor-in-chief.

They also issued a little booklet to help explain their new world order and to try to answer questions from an anxious public that included retailers, consumers, and their freelance artists and writers.

The little 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch black and white saddle-stitched booklet was the 1995 Marvel Editorial Handbook, and there’s a part that freelancers of the day might’ve been the most interested in - how to get a raise under the new system Marvel had just installed.

Here’s that section of the handbook:

“Q: Are the processes for establishing and raising rates going to change under the new structure?

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COMIC BOOK JOBS: NOW HIRING? DC Comics & Harry Abrams!

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Nobody has to be told that it’s a crappy environment to be looking for a job. Books, newspapers, comic books – all parts of the print-related pie are dwindling faster than the Wookie-shaped cheesecake at a Star Wars-themed wedding. Here are two places that are looking for qualified comic book people. Okay, so it’s not writing and drawing, but they still look like fun gigs, if you pass the test. So study hard, whip that resume into shape and good luck!

DC COMICS, publisher of Superman, killer of Batman, and owner of Lesbian Batwoman, is looking for an “Executive Director, Publishing Operations.” Sounds like a nice suit-and-tie job with an expensive Manhattan haircut to match. But what’s that job entail? Lots of great items in the checklist of responsibilities, but the main one is: “Coordination of long term publishing plans and monitor costs/sales projections for project budgeting.” You’ll need a minimum of 7-years experience in the “comic book specialty market, mass market book or newsstand periodical sales” and the ever-elusive “management experience” to count those particular comic book budget beans. You can get more details here.

HARRY ABRAMS, the venerable artsy publisher of quality hardcovers, is looking for an “Editor, Abrams ComicArts.” This sounds like a sweet gig in one of the few potentially growing print segments: graphic novels. What do you get to do if you’re lucky to land this? You’ll “be responsible for editing and project managing titles acquired by the Executive Editor as well as acquiring individual titles for Abrams’s growing comic art and graphic novel list.” You’ll get to read a lot of comics and meet a lot of creative people, that’s what. But first, your qualifications: “10 years experience in an editorial capacity…keen understanding of the comic arts marketplace…established relationships in publishing and the comics market.” There’s more to it than that, but you can find out all the details about the job here.

If those sound like your dream jobs, what the heck are you waiting for?
(Artwork @ DC Comics, Inc.)