I handle marketing at timespace. I'm still a student intern, but I run all of our external communication. In Tokyo, that mostly means standing on the street and in the middle of the city, handing people the ZINE app and talking with them while they use it, right there on the spot.
This time, for the first time, I get to do ZINE marketing in Europe. Honestly, I'm excited. I don't speak a word of German. I've never been to Linz, and I have no sense of the place at all.
Even so, I think being young enough to not know what should scare me might be my biggest advantage right now.
July went almost entirely into one thing. Finding an editorial base, a printing base, and the places where the printed ZINE would actually get handed out. Securing the editorial base was the hardest part—the team needed a space in central Linz where they could focus entirely on reporting and editing during the festival.
Doing this without the language, without any feel for the city, was genuinely nerve-wracking at times.
But this week, I locked down both the editorial base and the printing base. I've been genuinely grateful for how open and patient everyone in Linz has been with me.
I'll share the working schedule and location details soon. For the last day, I'm planning a meetup where we'll all sit around looking at the ZINE together. Looking forward to it.
