Curator Watchlist Website

I designed and built Curator Watchlist, a streamlined web app that centralizes watchlists and viewing history across services, shows real-time streaming availability, and ranks titles with an early “Curator Score.” The experience focuses on fast search, clean detail pages, and low-friction saving. Under the hood: React + Node/Express + MongoDB, Auth0 login, and TMDB data. I led end-to-end: product strategy, UX/UI in Figma, and full-stack implementation. Curator Watchlist tackles the scattered, multi-app chaos of modern streaming. I built a focused system that keeps your “watch next” list tidy, shows where to stream instantly, and learns your taste over time. The interface is intentionally minimal—type-ahead search, fast add/remove, and readable title pages with cast, synopsis, and availability. The MVP blends UX craft with pragmatic engineering: React frontend, Node/Express API, MongoDB schema for users/titles/activity, Auth0 for auth, and TMDB for metadata and images. I also prototyped a lightweight “Curator Score” that weights recency, completion, and user-tagged preferences to rank candidates. My role spanned discovery, IA, wireframes → high-fidelity Figma, component library, and the full stack. Outcome: a working, shareable prototype that’s production-minded and ready to evolve into Curator ID (verified identity + cross-service preferences) and richer recommendation models.