Work Continues...

just a quick note for today bc it's getting late.

i really enjoyed work today. basically i just really enjoy marianne a lot (the one from alabama), and it seems she really enjoys having me there. i'm officially helping out the product development department but she steals me whenever she can. today i had a valuable experience which she noted could be put on a resume. brom, i'd probably need your help to word this one well. but i got to sit in on a discussion between her and the international marketing lady - it was really by coincidence that it was my major but i might mention what a valuable coincidence that might be for the future. who knows. but anyways, marianne's the head design person (forgot her real title) and she and karen (int'l mkt) are designing a new logo for the company as well as placement of it on business cards and letterheads. and i got to throw in my "valuable" input. basically i sat there soaking it all in and they'd turn to me every now and then and ask my opinion on something. i felt so important. :) and i got to listen in on the phone conversation between them and the ceo (who's german and spends half her time there) as they discussed the designs they came up with. and on top of the logo, they're redesigning their website which i got to throw in a few more random comments for as well. aren't i special! :)

later marianne taught me how to check samples. basically licensees send in the design for a product which we have to check meticulously to make sure everything is done according to the standards the licensors give us. we send back our notes. then they create a sample product which they send to us and we subsequently check for the same things. i spent half the day going through pink panther products looking at all the details like coloring, legal writing on the sew-in tags, proper placement of the TM, etc. i don't know if i'll ever be able to look at a pink panther product the same way again! but all these samples are pretty much up for grabs once they're done with them. too bad it's nothing i want yet. :)

and i watched england beat the US in soccer this evening in a pub. it was a good game and England really outplayed the US. but still... it's sad to see them lose.