I had the honor of being the only student from my high school chosen to attend a college art program at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), earned the National Society and JFK Scholarships for my Bachelor of Arts degree and kicked off my graphic design career with a graphic design internship. I then began work for a recruitment advertising agency, TMP Worldwide (acquired by Monster Worldwide) as a Production Artist, later promoted to Junior Art Director. I developed skills in branding, project management and technical proficiency in print production. I was a team lead on big accounts, trained new hires and wrote the production department SOP.In ResCare's MarComm team, I art directed a team of 6, HR career branding development on social media with CareerBuilder and a 40,000+ employee newsletter. I developed and presented a graphic design company seminar for marketing colleagues, reviewed final proofs for QC approval, created new branding guidelines, and developed and implemented a marketing SOP. I also assisted in event photography, PR, government relations, media relations and event planning. LABSCO then recruited me as their Marketing Communications Leader to provide direction in branding, communications and graphic design that aligned with COF outcomes and value-based healthcare. I created their branding guidelines and logos, led mission statement creation and designed the new company website.I transitioned to McKesson Medical Surgical's Marketing and Communications department as a remote employee during and post acquisition from LABSCO, working as a Graphic Designer 2. My PPT concept was chosen for the 2018 leadership meeting and I developed branding and design collateral for a new LOB: Lab Intelligence. I recently was recruited into BrightSpring Health Services as their enterprise Creative Manager, leading on branding and design for print and digital collateral for 60+ brands over 11 lines of business. I am also a freelancer, having executed Design by LaViolette since 2001.Check out my online portfolio at: erica-laviolette.com
Listed skills include Creative Direction, Brochures, Graphic Design, Adobe Creative Suite, and 30 others.