Redundant!

As you can probably tell from that rather dramatic title, yeah, I'm no longer employed at Martins (which also goes a little way to explaining why I haven't posted much in the last few weeks other than my usual laziness with these things ;) So at the moment consider me a 'freelance designer'. That thing that all agencies and design firms dread happened - losing that one big client, has resulted in myself and a large chunk of the Martins team looking elsewhere for gainful employment. It was a hard blow at the time, I loved working at Martins, it ticked all my boxes, great work environment, forward looking company, great people to work with and the chance to do some nice work, so believe me, walking out of those doors of the final day was one of the hardest things I've ever hd to do. And I don't hold any animosity towards Martins, they had the most difficult decision any company ever has to make - it's a dilema many an agencies faces, your client grows quickly so you have to grow with them to keep the work, then they pull the wool out from under you and take the account away! So I'm cool about it now, it wasn't like I was the only one to go and considering the quality of talent I was in company with that they had to let go, I'm not taking it personally. As I said, I loves me some Martins, you won't find a better group of people anywhere. In a lot of respects, they're probably better off without that particular account, working on the same thing you can get caught in a creative quagmire of repetition, Martins are better than that, a very forward looking company, so while this is a major setback, I expect within a year or so at least they'll be doing bigger and better things. As for me, I'm doing ok, I'm lucky I've got the grace of a few month (at least) to look for another position somewhere I really want to be. In the meantime I've got some ongoing freelance which pretty much matches my previous salary while I look, and a little bit more spare time to update some skills, do some of my own work and update this blog more often I guess. But hey, if you're reading this, living in Adelaide and need a designer in some capacity, drop me a line, I'd be happy to talk to you and show you my folio :) Onwards and upwards!