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.

Resumé  |  LinkedIn  |  Twitter  |  Are.na |  Medium

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 (4x) [Link]
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]

Gensmo (NDA)


World’s first AI fashion agent helping 500K+ users deliver hyper-personalized style recommendations, virtual try-ons, and immersive visual inspiration with access to 100M+ shoppable items on its mobile app. In June 2025, the company secured $60M+ in seed funding—one of the largest early-stage investments in fashion AI to-date.

I partnered with the team to evaluate the existing product experience, uncover usability gaps, and define strategic design improvements across key surfaces including onboarding, avatar outfit try-ons, search, and notifications. Our goal was to elevate usability and reinforce Gensmo’s vision of transforming style discovery through advanced AI, trend foresight, and the celebration of individual beauty.

Gensmo’s CEO, Dr. Ning Hu, holds a Ph.D. in AI from Carnegie Mellon University, formerly served as a Group VP at Alibaba, and previously led engineering for Google’s mobile search teams.

AI Tools
Branding
Content Design
Copywriting
Creative Direction
Design Systems
Interaction Design
Mobile Design
Product Design
Product Strategy
User Research
User Testing
Visual Design