Been Making Magazine Covers
I've been working with a student publication at Portland State University called The Portland Spectator. It circulates about 1,000 on the school campus. Its been an interesting job for me, because I've been given a lot of freedom to do editorial design, layout, and illustration. All things I enjoy and have been wanting to get better at doing. But my duties are also to be an Editor for content, which has been quite a learning process; but one that has been very enlightening. The whole project has kind of taken over my brain, and I may have found some kind of calling here. I'm thinking about applying for the Editor-in-Chief position for next year, which really has a lot of reign over the mission and direction of the pub. I'll probably go for it -- this could be the career stepping stone I need.
UPDATE: I got the job! What a great opportunity. There's actually a lot of freedom to hire a staff, raise money, cover what we want, build a brand reputation, while using all the resources of the school--its actually better than a commercial pub would be in terms of freedom and experimentation. Its going to be a good year.