Typical Day
Vincent "Vin" Yoo takes a sip of coffee as he scrolls through his calendar. An alert pops up, reminding him to schedule a meeting of production managers. He fires off an email to the managers of all the festival acts, and sends another to his assistant, Sarah, reminding her to get signatures for the tickets she's dropping off today at the box office and radio stations. Vin grabs the folder of orientation packets, and heads down to the Munch 'N' Go to pick up donuts for the volunteer meeting at ten o’clock. He's worked with Kerroud-Kintrole college before, and the student helpers are usually pretty sharp, but sprinkles and maple glaze will help them focus. He doesn't want a repeat of 2009, when an energetic group of kids did a perfect stage installation—facing the wrong direction.
The meeting goes well, and Vin is pleased to note that he should have plenty of ushers on the day of the event. He makes a mental note to put the big guy, Craig, near the floor level; he should be able to assist security if any fights break out. Speaking of fisticuffs, it's off to the campus police department next, to go over scenarios in case of fire, barricade emergencies, or a stampede of miniature cattle (it's an agricultural school, as Vin learned the hard way last year). Campus legal counsel is there to assess liability, and Vin assures Dr. Fine-Printz that the concert is fully insured. He shows her photographs of the tiny fences he will install to prevent another "cow incident," and she seems satisfied.
After the meeting, Vin grabs the canvas banner out of his car, and recruits a maintenance worker to help him hang it on the college's humanities building, which faces a busy street. Vin steps back to double check the spelling and dates (actually it's more like a quadruple check at this point) and looks at his watch. Good, there's time for a cafeteria taco before he drops by the radio station. He texts Zee, the lead singer of popular supporting act the Alfabetics, to check his availability for a campus interview next week. The Alfabetics have had a couple sold out shows in the area, and Vin is reasonably sure that they will be a big festival draw. At the gig Vin attended, Zee was wearing his trademark spiky green hair (the half that isn't shaved off) and lots of silver eyeliner. Several fans in the audience were wearing handmade "U N Me, Z!" t-shirts, and the screams were deafening. Vin eyes the grassy area in front of the student union while he munches his taco. Maybe the radio station can schedule Zee's interview to be in the quad when the noon classes let out. With any luck, the courtyard will be full of potential fans. He texts the head of campus security to get approval for the idea.
After he leaves the radio station, Vin updates his to-do list. He gets a text from Sarah, reading: "Tickets delivered. Street team handing out flyers at mall. Speedy Coppee said lineup posters won't be available until next week."
Vin responds, "That's okay. Kids are super-excited already & banner's up to get off-campus attention." He makes a note to keep an eye on ticket sales in the next week, and decide whether Vin Yoo Productions needs to take out more advertisements.
Vin yawns and rubs his temples. It's been a long day. He climbs into the car and heads to the gym for a game of squash with Crash, Vin's buddy who does motocross marketing. Crash used to ride in the motocross, which is also where he earned his nickname. They talk about a possible collaboration, and decide on a date to meet next month, after the festival insanity is over. Vin gets home and collapses into bed, thankful that he showered at the gym. Just before he drifts off to sleep, he sets an alarm for 5:45am. Lots more to do tomorrow.