JACOB REY GARCIA

I'm a Miami native living in Boston as a designer/maker with over a decade of experience in the performance footwear industry. I was a part of the original design team to relaunch PUMA's Basketball division in 2018 and turning it into the #2 basketball footwear brand in the US as of 2024.

Throughout my time at PUMA, I collaborated with many athletes, entertainers, and brands to design products and signature models, including the #1 selling signature basketball shoe in the US for 2024, Lamelo Ball's MB.03. I discovered early on that building functional and visually-compelling products is part of the process, but telling the personal story and vision of every athlete / brand I collaborate with is what elevates the product.

As a team design lead I understood the product story is not done when samples are; so I started designing and capturing my own product photoshoots to fully tell our teams footwear stories.

Design - Build - Shoot.

Education - BFA Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design

Full resume and portfolio available upon request.
I'm a Miami native living in Boston as a designer/maker with over a decade of experience in the performance footwear industry. I was a part of the original design team to relaunch PUMA's Basketball division in 2018 and turning it into the #2 basketball footwear brand in the US as of 2024.

Throughout my time at PUMA, I collaborated with many athletes, entertainers, and brands to design products and signature models, including the #1 selling signature basketball shoe in the US for 2024, Lamelo Ball's MB.03. I discovered early on that building functional and visually-compelling products is part of the process, but telling the personal story and vision of every athlete / brand I collaborate with is what elevates the product.

As a team design lead I understood the product story is not done when samples are; so I started designing and capturing my own product photoshoots to fully tell our teams footwear stories.

Design - Build - Shoot.

Education - BFA Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design

Full resume and portfolio available upon request.