Comic Industry Job Board

In the wide world of comics there’s always a needed for talented people — and not just for creating the comics. The comics you read everyday are supported by an immense infrastructure of editors, publishers, designers, distributors and retailers that make American comics what it is today. And despite the frail economy, the comics industry is always looking for employees.

We’ve compiled a list of all the openings in the comics industry for non-creative office positions and put it all into one place. It’s a good resource if you’re looking to work in comics, and also for armchair speculators seeing what companies are looking to do by seeing what positions they’re hiring for. We accumulated these by looking on publisher websites and job boards — if you know of a job not listed here, let us know!

Marvel Entertainment:

• Marvel Studios – System Administrator
• Marvel Studios – Desktop Analyst
• Web Software Architect
• Web Interface Developer
• Systems Administrator, Marvel Digital Media Group
• Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
• Senior Accountant
• Royalty Analyst, Finance/Licensing Department
• Product Manager, Marvel Kids Websites
• Licensing Manager
• Legal Administrative Assistant
• Associate Product Manager
• Advertising/Custom Sales Coordinator
• Magazine Editor
• Lead Designer
• Designer

DC Entertainment:

• Senior Project Manager, Digital Rights Management
• Senior Coordinator, DC Direct
• Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
• Accounting Analyst
• Supply Chain Management / Logistics Administrator

Note: DC’s job site doesn’t allow direct links. Go to http://www.timewarner.com/ and do a search for Careers, then DC Comics

Viz Media:

• Editor
• Editor (Yaoi/BL)
• Digital Business Manager
• Production Artist
• Royalty Financial Analyst
• Digital Publishing Marketing Manager
• Publishing Marketing Associate

Dark Horse

• Application/Web Developer

Diamond Comic Distributors:

• Customer Service/Sales Representative
• Account Manager
• Customer Service Representative
• Tech Support/Point of Sale Specialist

Graphicly

• Super Marketer
  

An additional note: many comic companies hire interns. Check with each publisher’s website to see the details and the hiring process.