Hi, I’m Michelle Chiu


Lead designer with 7+ years of experience at Coinbase, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, and high-growth startups such as Axiom, BuzzFeed, Daimo, Shibuya, Wish, etc. My work has impacted ~3B+ users globally and contributed to ~$50M+ in funding and revenue across B2B, consumer, crypto/web3, and fashion-tech.

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

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

Resumé  /  LinkedIn  /  Twitter  /  Are.na

Alta (NDA)


AI-powered styling and shopping app with $11M+ in seed funding led by Menlo Ventures, Aglae Ventures (Arnault family who runs LVMH), Benchstrength Ventures, Phenomenal Ventures (VC firm founded by Kamala Harris’ niece), etc. 

Alta has been featured on platforms such as Business Insider, CFDA, ELLE Magazine, Forbes, NBC News, US Weekly, WWD, and Wall Street Journal.

I helped Alta (fka Flagship) develop new ideas for the app. This project was completed in partnership with Jenny Wang (co-founder of Alta) through review sessions and iterative design cycles.

My work comprised of a heuristic analysis of the existing app designs, a detailed competitive audit of leading apps in the fashion and e-commerce spaces, and concept ideation across the homepage, search, outfit generation, look details, loading states, and fashion curations across application’s mobile and web platforms.

AI Tools
Communication Design
Copywriting
Deck Design
Interaction Design
Motion Design
Storytelling
Visual Design