Hi, I’m Michelle Chiu


Senior product designer at PayPal, freelance design lead with 8 YoE, and beauty/fashion events creative strategist. Previously, I’ve designed at Coinbase, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, and partnered with brands such as Four Seasons, Marie Claire, and Mejuri. My work has reached ~3B+ users globally and contributed to ~$50M+ in funding and revenue.

Resumé | LinkedIn | X | Instagram | Are.na | Medium

Clients/Experience: Authoritative, Alta, ARI, Axiom, Beam, BuzzFeed, Cherry Pick, Coinbase, Daimo, DoorDash, Easy Labs, Four Seasons, Frog Design, Gensmo, Instagram, Kleiner Perkins, Kodely, Marie Claire, Marie Claire Arabia, Megapot, Mejuri, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, PayPal, Peanie, Pistachio, Prism, Rarible, Rubi, Shibuya, Wish, Youvoya

Awards, Recognition, & Other Highlights:
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Recipient [Link]
Bestfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Site
Cartier x RedBoxMe Invited Community Member [Link]
Design Nation Conference Selected Attendee [Link]
EDGE NYFW Content Studio Manager [Link]
Emboldly (Nonprofit) NYC Events Lead [Link]
Facebook GH Scholarship Recipient (1 of 25 worldwide)
Four Seasons Styling Assistant [Link]
Girls Into VC Fellow & Former Newsletter Editor [Link]
Hexagon UX Mentorship Program Selected Participant
IDEO CoLab Makeathon Selected Participant [Link]
Interior New York Fashion Week Intern [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program Alumni Interviewer (2x)
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow [Link]
Marie Claire Arabia Photography Assistant [Link]
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ views) [Link]
Mejuri Brand Ambassador (4 yrs) [Link]
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient [Link]
Monday Girl Social Club Community Member [Link]
Rarible Ex-Editorial Writer (front-page feature [Link]
Slow Ventures Design & AI Dinner Invited Guest [Link]
TechCrunch Disrupt Scholarship Attendee [Link]
The Council Angel Investing Community Member [Link]
Unsplash Featured Photographer (5.8M+ views)
Wall of Portfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Website [Link]
Women’s Creatives Dinner Inaugural Guest [Link]

Accrue x Ralph Lauren (Take-Home)


Embeddable branded stored value wallet solution that helps brands take control of their payments and refunds, rewards customer loyalty, and bypass traditional payment giants.

I helped the team brainstorm new features on Accrue's platform for a hypothetical partnership and collaboration with the brand, Ralph Lauren. My designs focused on:

  • Branded stored value wallet integrations
  • App commerce flow showcasing the ability to checkout with wallet balances
  • Loyalty program integrations to incentivize repeat purchases and reward users for order placements
  • Imagined features that would directly address unique challenges or opportunities within the merchant's business model
  • New user onboarding for wallet registrations

Content Design
Copywriting
Interaction Design
Marketing
Mobile Design
Product Design