Brian Grazer, the Oscar-winning producer of The Da Vinci Code, American Gangster and A Beautiful Mind, is looking for a personal cultural attaché to keep him in touch with the world beyond Hollywood.

Grazer is offering to pay an assistant £40,000 ($80,000) a year to read books for him, accompany him on his private jet and fix interviews with everyone from Buddhist monks to mafia bosses. No previous experience of the film industry is required.

According to an e-mail advertising the job: “This person would be responsible for keeping Brian abreast of everything that’s going on in the world; politically, culturally, musically . . . They’re also responsible for finding an interesting person for Brian to meet every week. This could mean an astronaut, a journalist, a philosopher, a Buddhist monk – someone who has made an impression in their field.

Grazer may ask you to read any book he’s interested in. You may be required to travel with him on his private plane to Hawaii, New York and Europe, teaching him anything he asks you about along the way . . . You will be to Grazer what Karl Rove [formerly chief political adviser] was to Bush.

via Andrew McCourt via The Times and The New Yorker

I look forward to the day when churches see the value in this kind of role.  It'd be interesting to have a position like this right along side the standard associate roles of youth, worship, and childrens pastors.

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