Marie: I had just earned my diploma Ð a Brevet Technique Suprieur Ð from the cole de Communication visuel in Lyon when yasmina Pedrini, our head of communications, asked me if I would like to work for her. My primary task, she said, would be to be creative and to develop attractive layouts and concepts for the company. She also told me that I could forget all about counting my working hours because it would be nothing like a ninetofive job, but it would offer me practically every opportunity to develop myself and to work very independently.