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PERSONAL INFO

• Name: José Antonio Martín Martín
• Birth Date: April 13th, 1985.
• UK Phone Number: +44-(0)-7429326628
• E-mail:JoseAntonioMartinMartin@gmail.com
• Web:www.JoseAntonioMartinMartin.com
• My Videos & Showreels:www.JoseAntonioMartinMartin.com/videos
• LinkedIn:http://es.linkedin.com/in/joseantoniomartinmartin
• IMDb:IMDb – Jose Martin (II)

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree. Software Engineering. 2003-2007.
• “Expert on E-Commerce”. University of Salamanca. 2006-2007.
• “Expert on Digital Animation”. University of Salamanca. 2007-2008.
• “Master on Digital Animation”. University of Salamanca. 2008-2009.
• CG Workshop – “Rigging in Maya with Todd Widup”. February-March 2010.
• CG Workshop – “Technical Director in XSI with Python with Raff Fragapane”. July-August 2010.
• CG Workshop – “Mechanical Rigging in Maya with Todd Widup”. October-December 2010.
• “Anatomy for Artists” – by Scott Eaton – January 2013.
• CG Workshop – “Creating Maya Plugins” – April-June 2013.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Instructor of Character Facial Rigging for Production at “CG Master Academy” since 2019.
  • Four terms per year.
  • https://www.cgmasteracademy.com/courses/13-character-facial-rigging-for-production
• Occasional Rigging Instructor at “Animum 3D School”. For assignment corrections.
• Rigging Teacher at “Domestika”.
  • https://www.domestika.org/es/courses/294-introduccion-al-rigging-para-animacion/joseantoniomartinmartin
  • https://www.domestika.org/es/courses/296-rigging-y-deformacion-de-un-personaje/joseantoniomartinmartin
  • https://www.domestika.org/es/courses/298-tecnicas-avanzadas-de-rigging-y-deformacion/joseantoniomartinmartin
• Director and Principal Artist at my own company for Freelance Rigging work “JammSoft CG Solutions”.
  • Provided several rigs for different clients. Mainly cartoon rigs and for game engines such as Unity and Unreal.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj7bBgjJlzM
• “Industrial Light & Magic”. From August 2018 ultil November 2019 as Senior Character TD.
  • Aladdin
  • Star Wars – Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
• “DNEG”. From November 2017 until August 2018 as Lead Facial Creature TD.
  • Venom
• “MPC”. From June 2014 as until November 2017 as Lead Rigger
  • The Nutcracker and The Four Realms
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Suicide Squad
  • Independence Day Resurgence
  • Terminator Genisys
  • The Hunger Games – Mockingjay 2

• “Framestore”. From March 2011 until June 2014 as a Rigger.
  • Johnny English Reborn
  • Sherlock Holmes 2 – A Game of Shadows
  • Wrath of the Titans
  • Gravity
  • 47 Ronin
  • Edge of Tomorrow (aka All You Need Is Kill)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Paddington Bear
  • Jupiter Ascending

• “ENNE Entertainment Studios”. From September 2009 to February 2011 as a Rigger/Character TD and Tool Developer.
  • Working on a TV series called Escape Hockey (www.escapehockey.com) as Rigger/Character TD.
  • Worked on the Teaser of a new TV series called Quest School (http://www.enne.es/questschool/) as Rigger/Character TD.
  • Working on the Teaser of a new TV series called Animagika as Rigger/Character TD.
  • Also working as a Tool Developer (Python and MEL), developing several tools and a custom Autorig with the TD Supervisor.

• “GPM Internet Factory”. From July 2007 to September 2009 as Junior to Senior .NET Developer.

• • Worked on several web projects under .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.5.

  • Roles:

    • UI Programmer. (HTML, ASP .NET, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)

    • BL & Core Programmer. (C#, VB .NET, ADO .NET, etc.)

    • Database Programmer. T-SQL, Administrator, Stored Procedures and Functions.

    • QA. Testing and fixing.

    • R&D: Web Security, LINQ, Entity Framework, SQL Server Reporting Services, WPF, etc.

  • Worked in the team responsible for developing a new architecture within my first 6 months. Researched and built the Security Layer.

LANGUAGES

• High English level, written and spoken.
  • Education:
    • “Opening” Academy. April 2001 – November 2002.
    • “Wall Street Institute” Academy. November 2002 – August 2003.
    • “First Certificate”. “University of Cambridge”. June 2004.
    • “Advanced Certificate”. “University of Cambridge”. June 2006.

• Basic Japanese level, written (Hiragana and Katakana) and spoken.

  • Education:

    • Japanese Language and Culture course. Level 1. October 2006 – June 2007.

PROGRAMMING AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• .NET Framework (1.0 to 3.5)

  • C#, VB .NET, C++, ASP .NET, ADO .NET, LINQ

  • Visual Studio and SQL Server (2002 to 2010)

  • T-SQL and SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

  • Entity Framework, WPF, Compact Framework

• HTML, XML, Javascript, JAVA

• MEL, Python and LUA Scripting

CG SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Autodesk Maya:

  • Modeling, UVs, Shading & Texturing

  • Rigging, MEL and Python Scripting

  • FX & Dynamics, Animation, Lighting & Rendering

  • API Plug-ins Development

• Softimage XSI:

  • Modeling, UVs, Shading & Texturing

  • Rigging and Python Scripting

  • FX & Dynamics, Animation, Lighting & Rendering

  • API Plug-ins Development

• Other 3D Software:

• • Zbrush, 3D Studio Max, Motion Builder

• Image and Video Software:

• • Photoshop

  • Eyeon Fusion and Adobe After Effects

  • Adobe Premiere

• Game Engines (Art & Programming):

• • Terathon C4 Engine

  • Unreal Engine 3 (UDK)

ADDITIONAL INFO

• Driving license.

• Non smoker.

• Able to work both individually or within a team in a collaborative environment.

• Able to work under pressure and within deadlines.

• Problem solving skills.

• Quick Learner. Both to learn new technologies and to adapt to a new environment and new work flows and/or standards.

• High personal quality standards.

• Great communications skills.

• Passion for CG and video games.