Based in Montevideo, Uruguay

Santiago
Fagnoni

Designer Developer Professor Researcher

Digital products designer & full stack developer. Master in Digital Information from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Lecturer at Universidad ORT Uruguay.

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01 — About

About

Santiago Fagnoni

Santiago Fagnoni

Professor · Researcher · Designer

Master in Digital Information with a specialization in user experience design and interaction design from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and Web Programming from Universidad ORT Uruguay.

Awarded the Teaching Excellence Prize 2015 at the School of Technology, Faculty of Engineering (ORT). Speaker at international events, including Eye on TAMK at TAMK University, Tampere, Finland.

Member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Faculty of Design, Universidad ORT Uruguay, since December 2024, advising the Dean on academic policy development.

Years teaching
3
Academic degrees
02 — Conferences

Conferences

Speaker — Latin American Design Summit

Universidad de Palermo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jul. 2025

AI for Design Multimedia Design

Speaker — 2nd Ibero-American Research and Design Forum

IBEROAMERICA DISEÑA
Madrid, Spain

Nov. 2024

Guest Lectures Multimedia Production

Speaker — Eye on TAMK

Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö — Tampere Universities
Tampere, Finland

May. 2023

Guest Lectures Masterclasses
03 — Experience

Experience

Dec 2024 — Present
Current

Member of the Academic Advisory Council

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Advises the Dean on academic policy and participates in curriculum planning.

Mar 2022 — Present
Current

Associate Professor — Frontend Development

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Teaches frontend development at the School of Technology, focused on modern web technologies.

May 2021 — Present
Current

Associate Professor — Multimedia

Universidad ORT Uruguay — Faculty of Design

Integrates programming, visual design, interactivity and user experience in multimedia projects.

Nov 2007 — Present
Current

Lecturer

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Extensive teaching experience across subjects related to design, technology and web development.

May 2016 — Dec 2019

Visiting Lecturer

CEI Maldonado

Delivered professional development courses on mobile application development. Technologies: MongoDB, PHP, Express.js, Node.js.

2007 — Jul 2015

Director

Numen Agencia Digital

Projects for El País Uruguay, PayPal, BID, BITColonia, Banca de Quinielas, THEF, Agencia Grey, among others.

04 — Education

Education

Master in Digital Information

Universitat Pompeu Fabra · Spain

Specialization in user experience and interaction design, focusing on digital information and innovation.

Bachelor in Graphic Design

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Training in visual communication and user-centered design methodologies.

Web Programmer

Universidad ORT Uruguay

Specialization in web development, frontend and backend technologies, and modern web architecture.

Frontend

JavaScript React Redux TypeScript Next.js

Backend

Node.js Express MongoDB MySQL PHP REST APIs GraphQL

Design & UX

HTML5 CSS3 UX Research Interaction Design Design Systems Multimedia
05 — Open Source

Open Source

Contributions to the open source ecosystem: packages published on npm and public repositories on GitHub.

NPM Packages

GitHub repositories