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]

Meta Creative X/Instagram


Global creative agency driving the vision for all Meta brands including Facebook, Instagram, Reality Labs, and WhatsApp with ~3B collective monthly active users.

I helped design the “End of Year Playback” experience on Instagram, shipping to 670M+ users and allowing them to reflect and reminisce on their favorite memories as an annual digital capsule. Our team moved the needle for our CAU (an engagement score) and fun ratings on Instagram, partnering with ten influential creators worldwide to increase virality of the new feature on a global scale.

I also worked on Meta’s Company Design System (CDS) and helped define and present guidelines for new components (images, buttons, banners, etc.) in cross-team reviews for our main Facebook app in collaboration with other creatives across Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp teams.

Deck Design
Interaction Design
Mobile Design
Motion Design
Product Design
Prototyping
Visual Design