Glam Facade
September 1st, 2006 by Zo Aguila, Editor-in-ChiefPosted in Life at Cosmo |
People think working for a magazine is all about parties, fashion, and fun. I won’t pretend it isn’t. In fact, at Cosmo, we have those occupational perks and a few other bonuses thrown in, like hot hunks, resto reviews, lifestyle trips, and a teeming stash of the latest things on the market. Fine, fine. We’re lucky.
But contrary to popular belief, our work is not an easy, soci, no-brainer deal. Not. At. All. I’m saying this because I recently got the “ang-dali-dali-naman-ng-work-mo” look. Argh! I hate that! At a night out with corporate acquaintances, they gave me a wawa-naman pat when I couldn’t keep pace with all the area sales, midyear report, and financial presentation jargon. Kainis! While I struggled to keep up and was genuinely curious about the structured work world (which was far from my highlighted lists and hard-copy printouts), they apologized saying, “Sorry, serious work.”
That got me thinking and I mused over this with the other Cosmo peeps over Pancake House spaghetti for lunch: Are we really doing serious work?
Sure, we don’t crunch numbers or deal with trade marketing strategies. We aren’t aware of the stock market fluctuations nor are we concerned about the sales projects in Southern Luzon. Trust, however, that we are working to the hilt: With every fashion or beauty find, comes a whole lot of projecting, weeding, shooting, and simplifying. With every delectable dude we introduce to you guys, comes a whole lot of casting deadlines, tedious shoots, and sometimes, manic models (secret!). With every 200+-page issue, comes the meticulous accounting for each page, each font style, each photo, and each measly caption. And with each of these pages of fearless fun, comes months of conceptualizing, preparation, writing, editing, and a whole lot of loving pagtututok.
And so I settled my questioning nerves and concluded: It is serious work. We have our share of overnighters, conflicts, and headches. But at the end of the day, we seriously want to make each page fabulous and make it oh-so-Cosmo. We also seriously want to give you something worthy to read and buy, after you’ve clocked out of the office, when you’re mooning over a relationship, or during a crossroad in your life—heck even when you’re in bed with a special someone. And even with no formulas or pie charts to dictate what you want, we seriously try to make each read worth your time—as it is worth ours while preparing it for you.
The difference? We’re seriously having so much fun doing our jobs. (Sadistically, headaches included.)
Wish you all working Cosmo chicks the same. Seriously love what you do and you’ll be fine. *hugs*
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