Hi, I’m Michelle Chiu


Senior product designer at PayPal, freelance design lead with 7 years of experience, and 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.

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

Awards & Recognition:
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Recipient [Link]
Bestfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Site
Design Nation Conference Selected Attendee [Link]
Facebook GH Scholarship Recipient (1 of 25 worldwide)
Hexagon UX Mentorship Program Selected Participant
IDEO CoLab Makeathon Selected Participant [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow [Link]
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ views) [Link]
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient [Link]
Rarible Ex-Editorial Writer (front-page feature) [Link]
Unsplash Featured Photographer (5.8M+ views)

Other Highlights:
EDGE NYFW Content Studio Manager [Link]
Emboldly (Nonprofit) NYC Events Lead [Link]
Four Seasons Styling Assistant [Link]
Girls Into VC Fellow & Former Newsletter Editor [Link]
Interior New York Fashion Week Intern [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program Alumni Interviewer (2x)
Marie Claire Arabia Photography Assistant [Link]
Mejuri Brand Ambassador (5 yrs) [Link]
Monday Girl Social Club Community Member [Link]
Slow Ventures Design & AI Dinner Invited Guest [Link]
TechCrunch Disrupt Scholarship Attendee [Link]
The Council Angel Investing Community Member [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


Branding
Content Design
Copywriting
Interaction Design
Marketing
Mobile Design
Product Design