just a designer

Today, I met the head and owner of  D Mag. I was a bit nervous because I had heard various things about him. We were waiting for the Monday Morning announcements to start and he came up to me. Shook my hand and said he has not met me yet. I told him my name, he repeated it and kind of  looked at me funny. Then he asked what I did in his office. I told him I work in the Advertising department. "Well what do you do in the Advertising Department?", he asked. 

 I responded nervously- "I'm just a designer. " 

He said, " Just a designer? Thats not how we think of ourselves here." ... and then walked of.

Lesson learned. 

I am not just a designer.