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, Cherry Pick, Daimo, 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, Frog Design, Instagram, Kodely, Megapot, Meta Creative X, MongoDB, Peanie, Pistachio, Prism, Rubi, Shibuya, Wish

Awards & Recognition:
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Recipient
Bestfolios Editor’s Pick Featured Site
Design Nation Conference Selected Attendee
Facebook GH Scholarship Recipient (1 of 25 worldwide)
Hexagon UX Mentorship Program Selected Participant
IDEO CoLab Makeathon Selected Participant
Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ views)
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient
Rarible Editorial Writer (front-page feature)
Unsplash Featured Photographer (3.5M+ views)

Other Highlights:
Bureau Betak Stand-In Model (2x)
EDGE NYFW Content Studio Manager
Emboldly NYC (Nonprofit) Events Manager
Four Seasons Styling Assistant
Girls Into VC Venture Fellow & Former Newsletter Editor
Interior NYFW Intern
Kleiner Perkins Fellows Program Alumni Interviewer (2x)
Marie Claire Arabia Photography Assistant
Mejuri Brand Ambassador
Slow Ventures Design & AI Dinner Invited Guest

Crowdfunding platform co-founded by Emily Yang (Emmy-award winning NFT artist) that helps independent filmmakers raise capital and build community by giving creators the right tools. Raised $6.9M seed round led by investors such as a16z and Variant Fund, with participation from Joe Tsai’s Blue Pool Capital, Kevin Durant’s Thirty Five Ventures, and Paris Hilton.

I helped revamp Shibuya’s landing and show pages by defining a new brand language and digital experiences to allow audiences to access creator content and stake ownership in IPs. Our partnership with the Bruce Lee Foundation raised ~1M in less than 48 hours through the sale of 16K+ open-edition NFTs handdrawn by Shannon Lee (Bruce Lee’s daughter) and Emily Yang (@pplpleasr).

AI Tools
Branding
Deck Design
Design Systems
Illustration
Mobile Design
Product Design
Web Design