I'm a designer from Mexico City based in Brooklyn.
I have worked mostly in the tech and cultural fields
and enjoy doing concept-driven brand, product
and editorial design.
I am currently a Designer at the Google Creative Lab, and open for new projects and collaborations.
I also run a small publishing company called Romário en Febrero and sometimes teach Visual Language at the MFA in Communications Design at Pratt Institute.
Under Mexican naming conventions, both Lili and Santamaría function as last names. If, for some reason, you need to place my name in a list, the correct alphabetical filing is under L: Lili Santamaría, Tania.
☞ Contact
☞ Selected Clients
Google
Ramp
Zestworld
The Recount
Sonoro Media
This American Life
Parsley Health
Courier Newsroom
Atoms
Genius
National Geographic
Scholastic
Ambulante
Vanity Fair
The Brant Foundation
The Standard Hotel
Colección Cisneros
Citi Bank
MTV New York
Refinery29
powerHouse Books
Wax Poetics
☞ Selected Press, Exhibitions & Awards
2026
Little Language Lessons: Webby Winner Websites & Mobile Sites. Education 2026
2025
Career Dreamer: Anthem Awards Gold Winner in the Responsible Technology Category.
Career Dreamer: Anthem Awards Gold Winner in the Responsible Technology: Best Use of AI Category.
Little Language Lessons: Anthem Awards Bronze Winner in the Education, Art & Culture. Education or Literacy Platform Category.
Little Language Lessons: Anthem Awards Bronze Winner in the Education, Art & Culture. Special Projects Category.
2020
Branding Digital para Negocios - Acueducto Podcast (in spanish)
2019
Interview Lovers Magazine
Interview Role Models
Interview on Gender Diversity in Design
2018
Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Honorable Mention: Health Category
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab website, Visual Designer, Code & Theory, New York, NY
2017
Webby Awards Honoree
National Geographic Channel, Visual Designer, Code & Theory, New York, NY
Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards Finalist
One Night App, Visual Designer, Code & Theory, New York, NY
2015
Pratt Institute’s Graduate Student to Watch MFA Communications Design, Graphic Design USA
Interview WNW Magazine
2014
The Wall Street Journal’s 125th anniversary, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Dust, Dialogue and Uncertainity: Slow Knowledge in design thinking and practice, Pratt Manhattan Gallery
Taconic Fellowship, Make the Road New York, Pratt Institute, The Graduate Center & John Jay College, CUNY
2013
Graduate Scholarship, Pratt Institute
Don Ariev Memorial Award for Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute
2012
Scholarship FONCA for Graduate Studies Abroad, Winner of Graphic Design, Conaculta
☞ Teaching, Lectures, Presentations
2022
Adjunct Professor, Visual Language A, MFA Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
2021
Adjunct Professor, Visual Language B, MFA Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Re: Solutions 2021 “Shit Happens” AIGA
2020
Adjunct Professor, Visual Language A, MFA Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
2019
Adjunct Professor, Visual Language B, MFA Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Adjunct Professor, Transformation Design B, MFA Communications Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Speaker, Genius: Behind the Creative Curtain, LMHQ
New York, NY
Instructor, Interactive Design I with Callil Capuozzo, School of Visual Arts,
New York, NY
Guest Critic, Beyond Photography, International Center of Photography
New York, NY
Guest Lecturer, Explorations in New Media and Digital Design, Fordham University
New York, NY
2015
Guest Speaker, Interaction as a Storytelling Tool, Free School, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Transnational Design with Tom Klinkowstein, MFA
Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Digital Design with Tom Klinkowstein, MFA
Communications Design, Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
Tania Lili
Brooklyn, NY
Est. 1985