The Jacksonville AIGA’s new In-house program kicked off March 13 with the first IN Lunch Meet at the San Marco Pizza Palace. A variety of in-housers showed up to see what the lunch meat, I mean “Lunch Meet,” was all about.

After introductions, the group chatted over pizza and salad about topics as varied as job descriptions and internal department structure, to No Meat March and having mushrooms coming out of your ears. It was a nice way to connect with fellow designers and understand that some of the challenges we face as in-house designers are commonplace in this sector of the design world.

The IN Lunch Meet is the beginning of in-house specific programming for the Jacksonville AIGA chapter as a part of the INitiative that the AIGA national chapter is promoting. For more info on INitiative, please visit http://www.aiga.org/inhouse-initiative/.

The next IN Lunch Meet will be May 8 at a location in the Beaches area, to be determined. Stay tuned to the events page!

~ Meredith, In-house Programming Chair

P.S. A big thank you to AIGA Jacksonville board member Ben Windsor for creating the IN Lunch Meet logo!