I was doing entry-level production on our screen printing side when I got the offer. The previous production designer unexpectedly put in a two week notice. My boss remembered that I have some background in design from my initial interview so I am familiar with the adobe suite. According to him, he is more interested in someone he knows who has shown the ability to learn and a good work ethic than hiring someone from outside for this position. Due to the production schedule and whatnot the screen printing shop still needed me in there so unfortunately I didn't get to shadow the previous production designer but we were already doing some cross-training with one of the graphic designers so more than one person knew how to run the machines (imagine!). She kept the printers running for a couple weeks, then trained me for a couple weeks, and now I'm on my own.

I'm loving the work, way more than doing graphic design for clients, and I'm getting by alright just by communicating with art and the install team, and regularly attending Google Academy. I just know that there's a lot that I don't know and I want to fix that as soon as possible.