Hi there! This is Michelle wavin' at you from the PNW 🌊
A restless creative made on a rainy mid-summer day's Beijing; Exported to England, NYC and Montréal; Currently settled in Vancouver, BC as her natural habitat. 🇨🇦
Principle
Making complex technology approachable for everyone.
I wasn't the "smartest kid" growing up. Always feeling intimidated by technology's complexity—it seemed reserved for the "smart ones." Over the years in my career, I've been shaping products with this overarching principle.
How I work
I don't work within the "product designer" job desciption.
💼 Proud big tech dropout. Interned at a few big techs when I was younger but realized it's not for me. Prefer moving & shipping faster.
🚀 I jump on things not in the "job description". Sometimes I script python/R to pull data for analytics or lead a marketing campagin too.
🌍 Keep it async & remote :)
✨ Quality & craft > quick & scrappy. I'm sorry but usually you can't have both quality & speed.
🖌️ Love creative works and interested in marketing & brand.
💻 Learn fast and have the grit of "we'll get it figured out". Especially with AI now it's been easier.
🤖 Speaking of AI - yes I've been using it since early 2023 (and yes not the average product designer using it to write copy :)).
Press & Talks
