Jared Pemberton Email & Phone Number

Lawrence, Ks, Us

Olathe, Ks, Us

I currently serve as a Senior Technical Artist and Innovator at Garmin LABs, Garmin's innovation, research, and development incubator. In my role, I lead innovation and prototype development of new product ideas by collaborating with associates, customers, and partners by converting gathered data into user designs and product specifications. While many of my contributions are unannounced and confidential, I am proud to have contributed to the following shipped products:Approach R10 - Home Tee Hero:I created the proof of concept for Interactive Golf Courses and sourced external resources and specialists for concept art and in-game content generation. As acting Art Director for all internal and external content resources, I worked under the direction of the Product Manager to establish the requested look and feel. As provisional Technical Director, I authored means for automated procedural generation of 42k+ Golf Courses from existing GIS data utilizing SideFX Houdini. Additionally, I collaborated with our IT and Cartography teams to create an internally operated render farm for automated content generation, and with our Cartography MapTech team to develop proprietary tools for render farm task management and high level QA. I also collaborated on IP, UI, UE, Unity integration of outsourced content, and server-side course/level loading working alongside fellow colleagues at Garmin LABs.Catalyst: Provided video editing/motion graphics support during pitch/proposal phases and collaborated with the development team on Device UI.Lilly: Collaborated with the development team on Device UI and provided video/motion graphics support during pitch/proposal phases. Additionally, I prototyped Device UI animation sequences.

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I worked for the National Sales Office at HNTB where I was senior media support and occasional 3D Project Lead for company bids and proposals. I lead, create, assisted and consulted on projects that required animations and real-time simulations for the company. I was also the team point of contact for still rendered/composited photo-matches, compositing and sometimes look and feel, I have successfully led several team pursuits for multi-million dollar projects . Various other responsibilities included project management, R&D work with CryEngine, Unity, Unreal and creating tools to optimize workflow using C# and MaxScript.

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Created building and bridge models for various projects. R&D with CryEngine and Unity.

Huntsville, Alabama, Us

Created characters for rendered animations and realtime simulations. I used ZBrush and Autodesk XSI.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Worked on the XBLA title, “Breach”. Also worked on “Six Days in Fallujah” and created characters used for the “Marines: Modern Urban Combat” cover art. High and low resolution asset creation, facial likeness modeling, texture painting (diffuse, normal, specular, ambient occlusion), shader creation through proprietary software, game asset optimization, character production pipeline development, worked with our outsourcing company to provide feedback and integrate materials, participated in game play testing, GUI and HUD prototyping/design.

Plymouth, Mn, Us

Shipped two undisclosed serious game titles for clients within the US intelligence community. High and low resolution asset creation, texture painting (diffuse, normal, specular, ambient occlusion), shader creation via proprietary software, game asset optimization, and character production pipeline development.

Huntsville, Alabama, Us

Shipped two training products for the Psychological Operations division of the US Army and the JFK Special Warfare Center. Hired as 3D Artist and promoted to Senior 3D Artist within a year. Managed between 3-8 employees as Senior 3D Artist. Storyboarding, Cinematic direction, High resolution character and prop asset production, 3D production pipeline creation, Render farm setup and management.

Diploma, 3D Animation And Visual Effects

B.S., Interactive Digital Media

Computer/Network Support Specialist