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

Cherry Pick (NDA)


Shopping application tackling the $119B+ vintage fashion industry by enabling secondhand fashion discovery across aggregate resale marketplaces. The application allows users to easily shop vintage fashion from top marketplaces like Vestiaire Collective, eBay, Depop, Poshmark, etc.

I spearheaded a cross-platform user experience that embodied a minimal feature set, an invite-only launch for a premium experience, and an external marketplace integration to redirect users to original retailers across clear user journeys and flows.

The new branding infused values of delight & playfulness, warm approachability, and universal trust—delivering a focused second-hand fashion discovery and purchasing experience to replicate the joy of finding thrifted gems in physical stores via a digital experience.

AI Tools
Branding
Content Design
Copywriting
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Interaction Design
Marketing
Mobile Design
Motion Design
Product Design
Product Strategy
Visual Design
Web Design