Hi, I’m Michelle Chiu


Senior product designer at Thrivent, freelance design lead with 8 YoE, and events creative strategist! Previously, I’ve designed at PayPal, 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.

Resumé | LinkedIn | X | Are.na | Medium | Goodreads

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

Awards, Recognition, & Other Highlights:
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Recipient [Link]
Bestfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Site
Brown University PM Org Selected Guest Speaker
Calyptus Newsletter Feature (15K+ reads) [Link]
Cartier x RedBoxMe Invited Member [Link]
Design Nation Conference Selected Attendee [Link]
EDGE NYFW Content Studio Manager [Link]
Emboldly (Nonprofit) Former NYC Events Lead [Link]
Facebook GH Scholarship Recipient (1 of 25 worldwide)
Future of NYC Design Selected Speaker [Link]
Four Seasons Styling Assistant [Link]
Girls Into VC Fellow & Former Newsletter Editor [Link]
Hexagon UX Mentorship Program Selected Participant
IDEO CoLab Makeathon Selected Participant [Link]
Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program Alumni Interviewer (2x)
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow [Link]
Marie Claire Arabia Photography Assistant [Link]
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ reads) [Link]
Mejuri Brand Ambassador (5 yrs) [Link]
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient [Link]
Monday Girl Social Club Community Member [Link]
New York Fashion Week x Interior Intern [Link]
Rarible Ex-Editorial Writer (front-page feature [Link]
Slow Ventures Design & AI Dinner Invited Guest [Link]
TechCrunch Disrupt Scholarship Attendee [Link]
The Council Angel Investing Community Member [Link]
Unsplash Featured Photographer (5.8M+ views)
Wall of Portfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Website [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
Brand Identity
Creative Direction
Content Design
Copywriting
Illustration
Interaction Design
Product Design
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