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]

Beauty & Fashion Campaigns, Events, and Projects


I’ve produced projects across content creation, editorial writing, event production, fashion styling, interior design, and photography. I’ve hosted, collaborated with, and/or attended events by the following brands:
Arête (invited event attendee)
bareMinerals (event partner)
Brandon Maxwell (stand-in model)
Bureau Betak (stand-in model)
Carolina Herrera (stand-in model)
Delvaux (event attendee)
Dossier (event partner)
Four Seasons (styling assistant)
Hanni Bodycare (event attendee)
Interior (NYFW intern)
Into the Gloss (event attendee)
Lingerie Francais (show intern)
Marie Claire Arabia (photography assistant)
Mejuri (brand ambassador)
MERIT (event attendee)
Monday Girl (event attendee)
Oceanus (invited event attendee)
Pickle (invited event attendee and giveaway winner)
Poolsuite (invited event attendee)
Randi Rahm (showroom volunteer)
Ralph Lauren (invited event attendee)
Roster Radio (selected event guest)
Threads of Tech (content studio manager)
Tory Burch (stand-in model)
True Beauty Ventures (event attendee)
Vogue Club (invited event attendee)