1. JOSE L. OLVERA II
Phone 562-922-5721
Email: joeolvera2@yahoo.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking employment where I can contribute to the success and growth of the
organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
Highly motivated, persistent and dependable individual with excellent
communication, management and organizational skills.
Proficient in Macintosh & PC platforms & software Adobe Creative Suit
(Adobe Indesign CS6, Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6, Adobe Bridge CS6,
Adobe Acrobat Pro X), Corel & Microsoft Office. Proficient in creating Web,
Spot Color & CMYK media.
EDUCATION
Platt College - AA in Graphic Design
Graduate, Don Bosco Technical Institute -Major in construction/design
WORK HISTORY
2014-Present Vice President of Marketing/Scaletrains.com, Benton, TN
Supervise & oversee the production of train, announcement, packaging &
vehicle artwork for new products, production of custom artwork and creation
of line art & templates for new products. Ensure that artwork deadlines are
met with production factories in China. Traveling to China to meet with
production factories to improve artwork standards & deadlines. Traveling to
trade shows to represent the company by reaching to new and existing
customers in order to improve brand & customer relations.
2010-2014 Graphic Designer Manager/Athearn Trains in Miniature, Long Beach, CA
Oversee creation of all production art. Ensure that production deadlines are
met with production factories in China. Traveling to China to improve
artwork standards & deadlines. Traveling to trade shows to represent the.
2006-2010 Production Artist/Athearn Trains in Miniature, Long Beach, CA
Production of train, announcement, packaging & vehicle artwork for new
products. Production of custom artwork. Creation of lineart & templates for
new products.
2001- Present Production Artist, Freelance Artist/Slixx Decals, Garden Grove, CA
Production of seasonal NASCAR paint schemes for RC, slot car and 1/24th
scale NASCAR model kits. Production of classic dragster paint schemes.
Creation of decal sheets, instruction inserts print ads and fliers. Construction
of website art work (GIFs, buttons, headers)
2001-2003 Graphic Designer/MicroScale Industries, Fountain Valley, CA
Development of in house digital art for items such as new release, custom and

2. revised water slide decals, magazine ads, updating of annual catalogs, line art
used for decal rendering, promotional items (banners, push/pull stickers, metal
signs, container and display art) PadPrint art for outside companies (Life Like
& Overland Hobbies), prepress of in house, custom and PadPrint art.
1996-2001 Messenger Clerk/Downtown Central Public Library and Ben Franklin
Branch of LA Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
In charge of circulating books (checkout/return/deleting from system/issuance
of library cards), designated staff member with the responsibility of clearing
grounds and closing the library. Distribution of returned books, retrieval of
reference books from security vaults, cashier, miscellaneous clerical duties as
assigned and designated closing clerk.
REFERENCES
Gene Seismore-CEO of Slixx Decals:(770) 720-3177
Dave Williams-CEO of Specialized & MicroScale Industries:(714) 593-1422
Joey Andrade -(personal) (562)883-0644