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 [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 (<2% acceptance)
Medium Top Writer in Design (225K+ views) [Link]
Mercury Spheres Scholarship Recipient [Link]
Rarible Editorial Writer (front-page feature)
Unsplash Featured Photographer (5.8M+ views)

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

Resumé

Twitter/X

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Shibuya

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. The startup has 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 our co-founder Emily Yang (@pplpleasr). In 2025, the White Rabbit team won an Emmy award for Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

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