Jacqui Meddings What do you do all day? cont.
There will normally be meetings with the editor about anything from brainstorming concepts for shoots or planning the next issue and who we want on the cover.
I could be interviewing celebs over the phone or on photoshoots or over lunch, editing freelance copy, commissioning freelancers, going to listen to new music released at record label offices or forward planning. All day long I’m constantly taking calls from publicists begging Cosmo to feature their clients and making calls myself to other publicists begging their clients to feature in Cosmo!
The biggest celebs take the most convincing, so often hundreds of emails, phone calls and breakfast meetings will be had to get them on board. But never ever do we pay celebs to feature in the magazine. Then after work there is always a film screening or premiere or party to attend! Some months, I’ll also spend a few days in LA interviewing a cover star and meeting with publicists and contacts while I’m there.
What are the worst bits of the job?
It can be 24/7. Last night I was emailing my editor at midnight because it came out Kelly Rowland is stuck ill in LA and she’s due at our awards next Thursday. The fact that a lot of the celebs we feature are Hollywood-based means working late to speak to them is part of the job due to the time difference. I’ve had to do interviews in the toilets on a night out with my friends before! It can be tough and high- pressured too, all the mags are competing to get the best celeb access.
What was your best day/night ever?
Too many to choose from! Sneaking into the press room of a hotel and blagging a one-on-one interview with Anne Hathaway after initially being refused by her publicist was very satisfying...
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