Again, no further on the design front – mostly because of work.

As alluded to previously, there are big changes coming along here at work. I can talk about them now as the rest of the company knows. In a nutshell, my department is getting cut. Just after Christmas, I was told that the company I work for is getting out of the hosting business, and as that pertains directly to what I do (build and update websites for the banks we host), I suddenly felt like I had the carpet yanked out from under my feet.

Turns out this isn’t the end of the world, however. My department consists of myself and my boss. That’s it. When her boss told us, she told us in separate meetings. The reason behind that was, while they didn’t have a position for my boss, they did have one for me.  I’ll be doing similar to what I’m doing now, but for in-house clients. I’ll also be doing more print stuff; postcards, posters, brochures, etc.

While this isn’t 100% certain, it is about 98%. I just need to show my possible future boss that I have a sense of design. I’ve been working in Illustrator the past few nights trying to create a post card to showcase my design skills. Can I just tell you it’s absurd that Illustrator doesn’t have a crop tool?

Anyhow.

Wish me luck. This sounds exciting and new and different and I’d really like to take a shot at it. And if I get it, considering I’ll be doing print stuff, I’m going to beg and plead for a Mac to work on. Yes, I’m devious that way.