MediaQ

From media mayhem to organized bliss with one simple app.
Tired of juggling your notes app to track shows, books, and movies? MediaQ is a user-friendly app that makes it easy to track and manage media consumption across various platforms. It tackles the common issues of fragmented organization and inefficient tracking methods.
My Role
UX Designer
UX Researcher
Visual Designer
Skills
User Research
Competitor Research
Wireframing
Prototyping
Branding
Tools
Figma
TimeLine
8 Weeks

OVErview

Problem

People struggle to manage media consumption.
Many of us find it tough to manage our media consumption across multiple platforms because current tracking methods lack the features and organization we need, leading to fragmented management, inefficient progress tracking, and limited personalized recommendations. This ultimately diminishes the enjoyment and discovery of new content.

Solution

Create an app that helps users organize, track, and manage their media consumption effortlessly.
  • Simplify the process of adding media content to the user's watchlist, allowing for easy tracking and management
  • Design a user-friendly app to streamline and enrich their media consumption and tracking experience.
  • Enable users to create lists for organizing their media content.
MediaQ Screens

Process

Research

User Surveys
& Interviews

People want to track their media consumption but there are many challenges that preventing them.
I conducted user surveys and interviews to understand the media consumption habits and preferences of those who spend the majority of their days consuming media.
My research insights revealed common pain points:
  • Users struggle to keep track of their various forms of media consumption across many different streaming/reading platforms.
  • Existing methods — the notes app, spreadsheets, Notion pages — are inefficient and time-consuming.
  • Many users forget what they've watched or want to watch, leading to frustration and time wasted trying to find something to watch.
  • Discovering new media content relies heavily on word of mouth and social media

Key User Insights

I have multiple notes of what kind of movies I want to watch. I'd rather have them all in one place.

It's hard to keep things organized and that makes me less motivated to add things to my "to watch or read" list

Glitches with the notes application makes tracking difficult. Sometimes I can't remember why I added something to the list. The list gets stale and I want new recommendations.

To address these pain points, I designed MediaQ to be a user-friendly hub for all things media, aiming to enhance the media consumption experience by offering personalized lists, tailored recommendations, and easy content sharing with friends.

The Competition

Recognizing the abundance of existing media tracking platforms, my focus was on identifying areas where MediaQ could offer the greatest value.

My analysis revealed that:

Design

Wireframes

During the wireframe stage of MediaQ, I translated paper prototypes into digital designs, iterating on layout and functionality through user feedback.

Paper Prototype

I focused on sketching out layouts and interactions. This allowed me to visualize features like personalized lists and content discovery, making it easy to gather feedback and make early improvements.  After feedback, I created low-fidelity wireframes, focusing on simplifying MediaQ and making it more accessible, like setting "My List" as the homepage.

After user feedback, I worked to

  • Simplify the Landing Page to use the "My List" screen as the landing page for a more user-centric interface.
  • Enhanced Navigation by relocating recommended content to the Discover screen to improve accessibility and navigation
  • User Interaction Divergence highlighting the need for a flexible design approach to accommodate diverse user behaviors and preferences.
  • Provide a user onboarding experience to ease users into the app so that they can use it in a way that suits  their needs.

Iterations

Final Design

On-boarding for a First Time User
  • Users are introduced to key features such as creating personalized lists and discovering new content.
  • Users learn the direct functions of the app so that they can personalize list and explore media tailored to their preferences.

User research findings highlighted the need for users to quickly understand how to create lists and discover media according to their preferences. Providing clear instructions during onboarding, ensures that users can easily navigate the app and manage their media consumption effortlessly from the moment they start using it.

Watching a Movie from the Wants List
  • When users make progress or finish watching/reading on their list they mark it.
  • When a piece is completed it will be moved in the completed tab.
  • After rating finished pieces, users can share it with their friends or add the show to their share list to share the whole list later.

The user journey was designed to provide users with a straightforward and intuitive experience for managing their activities. This approach was chosen to make tracking media consumption easier by minimizing the amount of taps to mark an entry as complete and share with friends.

Key screens for watching a movie from the wants list

Final Screens

For the final screens, I focused on creating a cohesive and visually appealing design, ensuring a user-friendly interface that seamlessly integrates all the app's features for an enhanced media tracking experience. These screens showcase the range of lists users can create—current, wants, shared, and completed—each with a dedicated interface for easy navigation and management of media content.
Mediaq screens

ReflectionS

Key Insights

Reflecting on this project, I’ve gained valuable insights that have shaped my design approach:

These insights have not only shaped my approach to design but have also left a lasting impact on how I perceive my role as a designer. They've instilled in me a sense of responsibility—to empathize deeply, to craft experiences thoughtfully, and to never stop striving for the best user experience.

Next Steps— Metrics

‍To evaluate MediaQ's potential success as a case study, I would:
By focusing on these metrics, we can continuously refine MediaQ to better meet user needs and ensure its long-term success.