Summary
Marcy Held is a mission-driven Senior Product Designer in Pittsburgh with 8 years of experience turning complex information into accessible, user-centered products. She currently builds internal tools at Grainger to improve the user experience, after shaping federal-facing tools at Booz Allen Hamilton—leading design for USAspending.gov and standardizing design systems across the DATA Act portfolio. Her expertise spans UX/UI design, design strategy, user research, and design leadership, with a track record of delivering scalable design systems and cross-functional collaboration. She connects technology, governance, and learning, as reflected in her GitHub bio “design + tech + gov,” and holds an MS in Information (HCI) from the University of Michigan. Outside work, she enjoys photography, biking along Pittsburgh’s rivers, and documenting the city—habits that sharpen her eye for detail and storytelling in product design.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree (M.S. in Information) Human-Computer Interaction, Master’s Degree (M.S. in Information) Human-Computer Interaction at University of Michigan - School of Information
English, Spanish