Santiago Bugdadi
Designer & Researcher
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaI’m a designer and researcher with a passion for innovation through understanding human behavior and cognition. I love embarking on complex projects and helping teams craft transformational technologies providing value to people. My main focus these past years have been in health-tech, government digital services and learning experiences, but I’m drawn by my curiosity to learning more about different problem spaces to provide solutions with purpose.
Work Experience
Kin + Carta
UX Design Consultant
For a SaaS startup for financial services management
▸ Analysis of current state of the platform
▸ Conceptual experimentation of possible look-and-feel approaches
▸ Creation of a design system to strive for consistency
▸ Presentation of designs and findings to a VP-level stakeholder
▸ Analysis of current state of the platform
▸ Conceptual experimentation of possible look-and-feel approaches
▸ Creation of a design system to strive for consistency
▸ Presentation of designs and findings to a VP-level stakeholder
September 2023
- Present
Argentina
Kin + Carta
UX Research Consultant
For a global pharmaceutical company specialized in cancer treatment
▸ Leading generative and evaluative research projects in the digital health sector
▸ Knowledge management and dissemination in the clinical-scientifical space
▸ Findings presentation to broad audiences, including executive leadership
▸ Creation of trainings on best practices
▸ Leading generative and evaluative research projects in the digital health sector
▸ Knowledge management and dissemination in the clinical-scientifical space
▸ Findings presentation to broad audiences, including executive leadership
▸ Creation of trainings on best practices
February 2022
- September 2023
Argentina
Coderhouse
Educational UX Content Developer
▸ Update of the contents for the courses of UX Design and UX Research
▸ Planning and creation of a new class about Ethics in UX
▸ Deepening of modules about research sobre módulos de investigación
▸ Design of activities
▸ Planning and creation of a new class about Ethics in UX
▸ Deepening of modules about research sobre módulos de investigación
▸ Design of activities
July 2021
- July 2022
Argentina
Buenos Aires City Government
UX Research Specialist
General Directorate of Digital Experience, Subsecretariat of Digital Experience, Secretariat of Innovation and Digital Transformation
▸ Research planning for government’s digital services
▸ Usability evaluation (usability testing, heuristics)
▸ Problem space exploration (in-depth interviews, surveys, focus groups, literature reviews)
▸ Definition of best practices and creation of resources for research
▸ Recruiting and management of participants
▸ Communication of research findings
▸ Research planning for government’s digital services
▸ Usability evaluation (usability testing, heuristics)
▸ Problem space exploration (in-depth interviews, surveys, focus groups, literature reviews)
▸ Definition of best practices and creation of resources for research
▸ Recruiting and management of participants
▸ Communication of research findings
January 2021
- February 2022
Argentina
United Nations
Research Assistant
Via CLEAR Global (Translators without Borders) for the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
▸ In-depth interviews with migrants
▸ Usability testing for MigApp
▸ Translation into English of the collected data
▸ Analysis and findings reporting with recommendations
▸ In-depth interviews with migrants
▸ Usability testing for MigApp
▸ Translation into English of the collected data
▸ Analysis and findings reporting with recommendations
October 2021
- November 2021
Argentina
Coderhouse
UX Design Tutor
▸ Student coaching throughout the course
▸ Correction of practical work assignments
▸ Conduction of collaborative tasks with assigned students
▸ Teaching of complementary classes
▸ Correction of practical work assignments
▸ Conduction of collaborative tasks with assigned students
▸ Teaching of complementary classes
September 2020
- October 2021
Argentina
Freelance
Designer
▸ Visual identity systems
▸ Communication strategy for social media
▸ High-fidelity prototypes for websites and mobile apps
▸ Communication strategy for social media
▸ High-fidelity prototypes for websites and mobile apps
December 2017
- Present
Socredia
Product Designer & Co-Founder
▸ Design of usable experiences
▸ Analysis of student’s problems
▸ High-fidelity prototyping
▸ Interface evaluations
▸ Definition of a branding strategy
▸ Project management
▸ Alignment of the product with business goals
▸ Analysis of student’s problems
▸ High-fidelity prototyping
▸ Interface evaluations
▸ Definition of a branding strategy
▸ Project management
▸ Alignment of the product with business goals
August 2019
- April 2021
Argentina
Education
ORT Argentina
Baccalaureate in Computing with specialization in Design and Development of Web and Mobile Applications
2016
- 2020
Argentina
Languages
Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),
Portuguese (Conversational),
French (Beginner),
Hebrew (Beginner),
Courses
→ Brand Identity and Strategy @ IE Business School
→ Character Design for Video Games @ Calarts
→ Visual Elements of User Interface Design @ Calarts
→ Graphic Design Specialization @ Calarts
→ UX Writing @ Crehana
→ Enterprise Design Thinking @ IBM
→ UX/UI Design @ Coderhouse
→ Mobile User Experience (UX) Design @ Interaction Design Foundation
→ Character Design for Video Games @ Calarts
→ Visual Elements of User Interface Design @ Calarts
→ Graphic Design Specialization @ Calarts
→ UX Writing @ Crehana
→ Enterprise Design Thinking @ IBM
→ UX/UI Design @ Coderhouse
→ Mobile User Experience (UX) Design @ Interaction Design Foundation