Hey,

I’m Kat Gaspar Burns.

Product designer, gardener, and home cook from Chicago. I’m interested in creating solutions that improve the lives of others. Let’s create something wonderful together.

See my work

Increase rider awareness of safety features

Uber - Product Design

Safety Checkup is a gamified experience to encourage Riders to turn on Safety tools. I designed Safety Help, a new module within the experience which helps bring awareness to the Help options available in the app such as Call 911.

Encourage driving behavior change

Uber - Lead UX Researcher

The new Driving Insights dashboard provides Drivers information about their driving, including a cumulative score and how it compares to other drivers in their area to encourage behavior change. I was lead researcher on this project in which insights informed the improved design with a progress arc showing a cumulative score.

Enable California drivers to maintain access to Uber

Instructional design for a mandatory educational course for California Drivers. The state of California requires all Drivers to take a course on safety and harassment in order to use the Uber platform. I led the instructional design and flow launch of this course to ensure a good user experience while balancing information retention for drivers who are eager to get on the Uber app.

Uber - Instructional Designer

Seamlessly book events and create special memories

Prototype - Lead UX Designer & Research

A high fidelity concept for Sol restaurant’s event reservation app which allows customers to conveniently book birthday parties, anniversaries, or any special event through the app. I managed every step of the UX design process from ideation to iteration.