Genius is a lyrics website and media company. Its mission is to serve music knowledge, through its website, where lyrics are annotated by a community of fans, its videos, where producers and artists talk about their process, and its social presence, where it’s followed by millions of people on YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. Genius is one of the most popular websites on the internet, with over 100 million monthly visitors, and millions of monthly active app users. Learn more about Genius on its about page.
I joined the company in 2014 and stayed through 2019. I worked on a rebrand, a cross-platform redesign, and a codebase refactor; introduced code, design, and workflow standards; worked with design teams from Google, Apple, and Spotify; and led cross-departmental projects.
The Genius song page. Every line has been analyzed and annotated by a community of users. Each annotation is collaboratively edited, like a Wikipedia page.
I led the design and front-end development for core pages like the mobile song page, the album page, and the video page. I worked with other designers on the team on iterations of the song page, which was almost constantly being updated and refined.
The album page, a project I led.
An annotation, the core product feature of Genius.
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The Web Annotator on a Washington Post article.
The video page, a project I led.