I’d been working a temp assignment at an association since June as a communications director. It had felt, originally, like a dream job. I had a quarterly publication, social media, marketing, writing, editing, and design work to do. I was scheduled to head to a major city this Wednesday for a conference, and I was planning to see a couple of friends I haven’t seen in four years.
And then things started to shift at the association. I would spend hours on a design, only to be told that “Sorry, I just don’t like it,” without any additional direction. I was told fonts had to be the same size across a design, even for different sections. And I was told that designs I created, that were based on decisions made without my input, were simply not good enough. … Read More an association