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]

Easy Labs (NDA)


Robust API, SDK, and no-code self-custodial platform that gives businesses and individuals the freedom to process, automate, and fulfill their payments needs at a fraction of the cost of other processors.

I was responsible for conceptualizing a new landing page, brand identity, custom illustrations, and storytelling. Easy Labs is an alumnae of the Solana Incubator program in New York City, where participating teams have access to office hours and speakers from a16z, Blockworks, Fanduel, Multicoin Capital, Paradigm, Solana Foundation, etc.

AI Tools
Branding
Creative Direction
Content Design
Copywriting
Illustration
Interaction Design
Product Design
Web Design