Matt Jakob

Principal Product Design Director (consumer) at PayPal

Matt Jakob currently serves as the Principal Product Design Director for PayPal, a position held since December 2024. Previously, Matt was the Executive Creative Director at R/GA, overseeing creative direction for Nike across global and North American markets. With extensive experience in leading diverse teams, Matt has worked with significant clients such as Samsung, American Express, and Verizon, applying Design Thinking methodology to facilitate innovation and design projects. Notably, Matt held various creative leadership roles at Meta, W12, Tendril Studio, and Nexus Studios, contributing to products like Instagram Messaging Reactions and AR features for Google. Matt's educational background includes degrees in Product Design and Industrial Design from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Politecnico di Milano.

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PayPal

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PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American company operating a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it charges a small fee in exchange for benefits such as one-click transactions and password memory.


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