b. San Salvador, El Salvador
Jorge is a formally trained artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004.
He started his career at Apple, where he fell in love with retail, design and technology. Teaching himself to edit videos and draw on Illustrator, he eventually landed a job in the fashion world and spent nearly 8 years creating graphics and managing special projects for the California streetwear brand, Stüssy.
In 2015 he relocated to Portland to pursue his design career in Nike Basketball. He has worked on graphics for Nike Training and Nike Sportswear Apparel.
Now, with over a decade of designing under his belt, he is an Art Director of footwear graphics, concepts and storytelling for Nike.