Milena
Ortiz Torres

I am an architect with a Master’s degree in Digital Humanities and a career that weaves together design, technology, and art. My work focuses on creating interactive experiences, designing interfaces, and developing digital tools that enable the analysis, communication, and transformation of realities from interdisciplinary perspectives.


I have led projects that integrate data visualization, artificial intelligence, user experience, and web development, with a particular interest in the intersections between data and art, and how these relate to both aesthetics and function. I’m especially interested in creating spaces—digital and physical—that spark questions, evoke sensitivity, and open up new ways of understanding.

General Info

  • LocationBogotá, Colombia
  • E-mailamilenaort@gmail.com
  • Contact(+57) 321 6442738
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Master's project

Visualizaciones de red como interfaz de navegación

Propuesta para la exploración de Arte en interfaces Web

2024

Portfolio

Recent projects

Rediseño Sitio Web Centro Ático | UX/UI/Web Design

Universidad Javeriana Bogotá

2024

Verdades Latentes | Data viz

ARTIFICIO Exposición híbrida de arte digital | Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño

2023

Colección Bogotá Historia Común | UX/UI/Web Design

Repositorio Archivo de Bogotá

2023

Representación Femenina en el Cine

Según el Test de Bechdel

2023

Web Design Projects

Propuesta rediseño BNC

2023

Bogotá en 1000 pixeles

2023

Mandeleros

2022

Resistir a la ausencia, persistir en la búsqueda

2022

SaNaciones: Caminos de Resistencia

2021

Renacer Bagreño

2021

La Pasticceria di Adriana

2019

MO Design Lab

2019

Digital Design Projects

Design through code inspired by Georgia Lupi

2020

Sexual violence | Data viz

2020

Movement

2020

Sound

2020

Drawing console

2020

Viajemos

2023

Time

2020

Repetition

2020

Tools & Software

UI Design

Adobe XD

Figma

Design

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier

TouchDesigner

Web

HTML/CSS

p5 | Processing

Wordpress

Drupal

Scrum

Jira

ClickUp

Work Experience

  • September 2023 - Present

    Centro Ático, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

    UX Designer | Digital Humanist

    - My main job is to explore innovative ways to provide an enriching educational experience for students using different platforms and interfaces. For this, I focus on analyzing the good practices that experimental laboratories have had, such as the importance of technology in the generation of new knowledge. An example of this is applying augmented or mixed reality in educational contexts, tinkering with different programming languages applied to educational environments, creating games as tools to help learning, as well as experimenting with new forms of digital narratives.

  • August - December 2023

    Bogotá District Archive

    UX/UI Designer

    - I supported the design and development of interfaces for research projects of the Bogotá District Archive Directorate, for the promotion, dissemination and pedagogy of the documentary heritage and historical memory of Bogotá.

  • June - December 2022

    Museum of Memory of Colombia

    UI Designer | Digital lab team leader

    - I led and coordinated the digital laboratory team, in the creation of digital products, with the aim of disseminating the research carried out in the Museum. The focus was to promote the use of technology to create a unique and attractive user experience.

    - As the leader of a design and development team at the CNMH digital laboratory, I used the Scrum methodology to establish clear milestones and deadlines for projects, and track project progress. I worked with the team to identify and solve obstacles and problems in the design and development process, making sure that the team was in line with the objectives of the Museum of Memory of Colombia.

    - I fostered the culture of innovation and creativity within the team of the Museo de Memoria de Colombia, organizing participatory workshops in which the team worked closely together finding new ways to improve the quality of work and the efficiency of digital products.

  • March 2021 - May 2022

    Museum of Memory of Colombia

    UI Designer

    - I designed and developed web and mobile interface prototypes for the Digital Lab at the Memory Museum of Colombia, utilizing skills in visual and interaction design and creating functional prototypes of medium and high fidelity.

    - I managed user interface tools and kits, and designed for accessibility and usability, working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams including developers and UX designers.

    - I collaborated with designers and developers to create a consistent and effective user experience, maintaining a focus on responsive design principles.

  • March 2019 - March 2020

    Freelance

    UI Designer

    - I had the opportunity to design the graphic interface for a new pastry brand. The most interesting challenge of this project was to incorporate the graphic style of the brand and build the design system and UI kit.

    - The other project I did was the website for an architecture and interior design company. For this project, I made a high-fidelity prototype and with the different corresponding interface designs so that the product was responsive.

  • 2016 - 2019

    Architect

Education

  • October 2024

    Master in Digital Humanities

    University of Los Andes, Colombia

  • October 2016

    Professional in Architecture

    University of La Salle, Colombia

Certifications

  • 2023

    UX/UI Design Bootcamp: learn Design Thinking and Figma

    Udemy

  • 2023

    Workshop on digital technologies, object registration and curatorial narratives

    University of Los Andes

  • 2022

    Scrum Professional Course

    Platzi

  • 2022

    UI and UX Design Fundamentals Course

    Platzi

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English