Tencent Video

In Summer 2025, I interned as a Product Designer at Tencent MXD, the experience design department for Tencent Video, one of the largest streaming platforms in China with over 120 million paid subscribers.
Over a 12-week internship, I focused on designing for Tencent Video and WeTV (its international version) TV apps.
Shipped
Tencent Video Daily Film Picks
Designed and launched a 0→1 film recommendation feature

I led the design of the Daily Film Picks feature in the Tencent Video TV App’s Movie Channel. This feature recommends one editorially curated film each day to boost engagement and support the platform’s shift toward premium content.
Role
Product Designer
Skills
Design concept development
Product design
Interactive prototyping
Motion
Timeline
June 2025 → July 2025
Tools
Figma
Team
2 product managers
2 developers
Project Timeline
This project took 6 weeks from design to launch.

Goals
Beyond the basic goal to boost audience engagement, I saw this feature as an opportunity to reinforce Tencent Video’s premium positioning.



Problem
Concluding the goals, I framed the problem statement as follows:
How might we…
Design a daily film recommendation feature that builds consistent viewing habits, increase engagement, and highlights quality content?
Solution
To answer this question, I proposed three solutions. The first and second are directions for UIUX design, while the last one aimed at branding for this feature.



Flowchart
I crafted a flowchart, mapping users workflow from entering the Daily Film Picks feature through the Movie Channel to the video player interface.

Visual Identity
To reflect this feature’s focus on human curated film recommendations, I designed a visual identity inspired by print textures and the aesthetic of art magazines.
Inspiration

Long exposure photo freezes time into a visual form
— extracted horizontal lines as connectors

Art publication cover design, clean and tactile
— extracted solid color blocks paired with serif type
Logo

Colors

Entry Card Design

A/B Testing
In this project, I designed 3 interfaces in total. For each interfaces, I designed two versions for A/B testing.
High-Performance TV Entry
Tencent Video classifies TVs into high and low performance versions,
for which I designed two corresponding entry pages.

Selected Version
Improved information hierarchy
Feature logo iteration
Selected information display

Unselected Version
Weak date-recommendation relevance
Excessive information
Redundant, repeated logo display
Low-Performance TV Entry

Selected Version
Improved information hierarchy
Differentiated visual style from other components on this interface

Unselected Version
Over-emphasis on film titles
Visual style not distinct
Film Selection Subpage

Selected Version
Improved timeline design
Improved information hierarchy
Featured quotes from selected films

Unselected Version
Complicated date design
Weak information hierarchy
Final Design
To communicate with the developers, I created an interactive prototype with motion design.
Outcome
This project successfully launched in July 2025.
By August 2025, the Daily Film Picks feature achieved the following metrics:
1.92%
Click-through Rate
exceeding the target of 0.92%
3.35%
Unique Click-through Rate
exceeding the target of 2.35%
