Sometimes I wish I was a marketer

Being a web designer I usually keep my head buried in code all day. I love debugging CSS and writing XHTML but every once in a while I look up and realize that there are people out there doing stuff.

I heard a few weeks ago, while in Seattle, that the Simpsons movie was coming. I used to watch the Simpsons, but got bored of it around year 5 or 6, so I didn’t pay attention to the movie poster. A few weeks later I read somewhere (I forget where) that a few 7-11 stores around town had been converted into Kwik-e marts. I thought that was pretty cool.

I hadn’t realized how big this Simpsons movie is until I stumbled across a post by Rohit. This movie is proving to be something else. I just lost several hours poking around the Official Simpsons movie website. It’s at times like these that I think that marketing would be a cool job.

The flash developers who worked on the site have done a fantastic job and the marketing effort is outstanding. I’m intrigued now and looking forward to the movie.