Cat Tran is a Brooklyn-based Product Designer
who designs kind, scalable services for mission-driven organizations.
Hi, I’m Cat (they/she), and I want to make life easier for everyday people. So I’m bringing my experience from Big Tech™ to Health Tech and Civic Tech organizations who want to reduce administrative burden and make a bigger impact.
For the last 10+ years, I’ve worked at the intersection of CX Leadership and UX at Instagram, Zapier, and NYU Langone Health alongside my ongoing grassroots organizing practice. I consult progressive organizations through Trestle Collaborative.
About
Reading
Obit - Victoria Chang
Socials
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Case Studies
NYU Langone Health 🔒
UX Research, UX/UI Design, Service Design
(Ask for password) I conducted research with nursing staff across various departments and used insights to iterate a custom nurse scheduling app that saves managers time balancing nurse autonomy and patient coverage.
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NY State of Health
UX/UI Design
As an exercise, I conducted a heuristic analysis and website redesign of the NY State of Health homepage. This case study was used for training at the United States Digital Service.
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TX Civil Rights Project
UX Research, Service Design, CX
After a restrictive executive order was passed in Texas, I conducted research to inform procurement for an emergency legal aid hotline for at-risk Mexican migrants and their families.
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KettleOS
UX Research, UX/UI Design, Service Design
I re-designed an enterprise desktop admin and mobile app to manage CDC-compliant hybrid work during the pandemic.
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More
For fun
“Does Lensa AI think all Asian people look the same?” - Medium (2022)
Writing
Daisychain 🔒
UX/UI Design, UX Research
(Ask for password) I designed a dashboard for a text canvassing and integration platform that allows them to onboard clients more efficiently and scale their business.
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My Process
Phase 1: Discovery
I’ll start by clearly defining the problem you need to solve. 🧩 From here, we can figure out what we can accomplish together and how long we spend in the following phases.
Phase 4: CX
Great UX goes a long way in meeting (or surpassing) expectations— customer support helps cover the rest. 🤝 I’ll assess how your team provides support and identify ways to be more efficient, accurate, and empathetic.
Phase 3: UX/UI Design & Service Design
I’ll design prototypes in Figma that address the pain points we’ve uncovered, so that the journey is seamless for both your customers and members of your team delivering care. 💓
Phase 2: UX Research
I’ll conduct studies with those affected by the problem to uncover their needs and expectations, so we can make sure we meet them in the design. Measure twice, cut once. 📏
Let’s work together!
Tell me a bit about your problem or project idea. If we’re a good fit, I’ll set up a free 30-minute consultation for us to chat about how we can work together.