How Things Change

I have been neglecting my blogging for quite awhile now. My career has changed dramatically from my last post. I went through a dry period and watched my funds slowly shrink. I started seeing the need to take a "real" job and lucky for me I had a buddy that was going to help me get work as a dock worker for a sizable trucking company. The pay was decent and the hours would have worked well for me. After passing the drug test, getting hired, and filling out my W2's I was stuck waiting for a start date.

One afternoon my phone rings and its a fella asking if I was still interested in the graphic design job that I had applied for over a month prior. Because I was applying all over the country I asked him to fill me in on what company they were, and the job description. As soon as he started telling me about it I remembered it as being one of the jobs I really wanted. He asked if I could come in for an interview that afternoon. To make a longer story short, I went in and kicked ass. He liked me and my work, and after a phone call that evening to lock in my salary I started working the very next day. The trucking company called me two days later with a start date, but of course I had to turn them down. I guess it was lucky they strung me along for three weeks or I might not have gotten the call for the design job that I really wanted.

So now I'm the "Creative Services Coordinator" for Progressive Distribution. We run catalog and ecommerce sites for big companies so they don't have to. We take care of everything from customer service to shipping out the product. I am responsible for all the site updates, email blasts, any graphic design work needed, and the new product photography. So I get to do the three things I enjoy everyday.

Some of the clients I work with are goldsgear.com, sourceperrier.com and our newest client is going to be Tracy Reese. Work on her site will be starting next week, and I'm looking forward to it.