The Idiot has hired 15-year old Alexander “Xander” Slater to handle global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives. Slater, a high school sophomore in Las Vegas, Nevada, became interested in the position when he first learned about The Idiot’s walk around the Mediterranean Sea six years ago.

Alexander “Xander” Slater, 15, will oversee global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives from his office in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Idiot first discussed The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives with Xander Slater, his new head of global teen marketing, in February 2015.

Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, plans to use seductive food to help sell The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean to his contemporaries.

Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, tries to interest his aunt Mia Bertagnolli in The Idiot and the Odssyey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean.

Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, is presented with a souvenir of The Idiot’s swim across the Hellespont in Turkey in 2011.

Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, pensively thumbs through The Idiot and the Odssyey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean.

Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, describes the three books to his grandmother, Sandra Bertagnolli.

The Idiot and Xander Slater, the recently appointed head of global teen marketing for The Idiot and the Odyssey trilogy of travel narratives, describe his new job to his mother Gina Pimm and her baby daughter. (Photo: Sandra Bertagnolli)

The Idiot officially offered Xander Slater the position of global teen marketing director in Redding, California, on May 28. (Photo: Sandra Bertagnolli)