Gerard Design
September 13th, 2005For the folks who know me – you people can stop the unemployment jokes now. I have been hired by Gerard Design in Naperville. They’ve been in business since 1992, doing print/identity/branding work, and are now looking to expand into interactive design.
This should be an exciting position for me, since in addition to designing and developing web sites, I’ll be able to contribute in other areas I haven’t had an opportunity to in the past. And I’ll learn more about print design as well.
Most importantly, they’re a small shop of people who care about doing good work for their clients, and taking care of their employees. For example, they have a realistic bonus program, and a dedicated yearly training allowance for each employee. That’s a refreshing change from my last workplace, where the environment had more to do with ego, posturing, and going public. Plus, I’ll be working among other designers (and learning print), instead of being the lone designer at my last two gigs.
The only challenge will be that as the only full-time web designer in a shop of primarily print designers, I might have to fill my need for web community elsewhere. Which isn’t such a bad thing really, since I need to network more than I do. Looks like I’ll be spending more time at A List Apart, YayHooray!, Speak Up and Kirupa.com. Maybe while I’m at it, I’ll join AIGA again, start going to Macromedia User Groups, and attend an occasional AMG meeting.