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Resume

Experience

2019 - Present

CO-FOUNDER

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

Solarflare Studio

London

As Co-Founder of Solarflare Studio, I oversaw collaboration across all areas of the business — from strategic growth to managing the inbound and outbound flow of finances. I was also responsible for planning and managing all production tasks, drawing on extensive experience in delivering projects in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality, as well as experiential campaigns involving a wide range of technologies. This encompassed building and developing teams, progressing multiple projects in parallel, meeting delivery deadlines, and ensuring a seamless experience for all stakeholders.

2018 - 2019

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

INITION

London

As Head of Production at London Immersive Tech Studio, INITION, my responsibilities were as follows: 

  • Delivering bespoke project planning, budgeting, and statement of work documentation

  • Managing daily operations/standups and implementation of new programs

  • Forecasting project revenue and ensuring all goals are met

  • Tracking and reporting to stakeholders on overall progress

  • Close collaboration with Sales teams to help drive retained business and revenue, while also supporting new business development

  • Continuous research in new technologies within the immersive industry

2014 - 2018

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Blippar

London

At Blippar I was responsible for Studio and Project Management Internationally.

Responsibilities included:

● Daily workflow of all employees, planning resource and keeping projects within budget.
● Weekly reporting/analytics to Senior Management including utilisation of employees/teams &
capacity/hours/total hours logged.
● Management including utilisation of employees/teams & capacity/hours/total hours logged.
● Delivering campaigns throughout the UK office, ensuring the smooth running from start to finish within
production & creative with internal and external teams.
● Handling large-scale budgets for clients such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Kelloggs and The British Consulate
in multiple territories.
● Implementing effective processes to simplify the way projects are briefed to the Delivery teams, as well
as in the execution of them.
● Managing pipeline projects, identifying potential bottlenecks in resource & capacity.
● Product owner and implementation of Traffic Live.

Education

2009 - 2011

RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY

BA HONS: Music & Sound Design

London

The music and sound design degree delved into the creation and production of sound and music across different contexts and industries, providing myself with a diverse, industry-ready skillset and portfolio to use within the creative/production industry.

Professional skillset

Co-Founder of XR Company

Team Management

Teamwork & Collaboration

Organisation

Software

Project & Resource Management

Trello

Notion

Float

Forecast 

Jira

Asana

Smartsheet

Traffic Live

Creative & Production Tools

Adobe Suite

Touchdesigner

Logic Pro X

Google Suite

AI & Automation

Midjourney

Veo3

Zapier

OpenAI

Google Flow

Krea.AI

Elevenlabs

© 2023 by John Martinelli

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