Summary
Kelly McCann is a Staff Product Designer in New York with a decade of experience building 0-to-1 products, design systems, and scalable teams across startups and consultancies. She blends UX/UI design, user research, and front-end development to de-risk projects and ship elegant, user-first solutions—five shipped products in the last year alone. Kelly has led product and UX verticals, scaled teams, and instituted human-centered processes at companies from MIT’s Office of Digital Learning to fast-moving fintech and health-tech startups. As a consultant and fractional Head of Design she not only builds interfaces but also architects cross-functional communication, Lean UX frameworks, and culture that help design orgs scale. Her background in studio art and early front-end development gives her a practical, systems-thinking approach to both visual craft and implementation.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Studio Art at UMass Boston