Olyn

A platform where film rights owners could publish movies, set a price, host playback, and sell access without building their own streaming and commerce infrastructure.

role: lead product designer
scope: CMS, storefront, playback, checkout
model: hosted film sales
period: 2025–2026

Give film owners a direct route to an audience.

Independent rights owners often have a finished film but no practical distribution stack. Olyn combined hosting, pricing, checkout, customer access, and playback into one product.

The platform took a percentage of each sale while owners kept control over their catalog and pricing.

The product started behind the screen.

A CMS supported the operational work of publishing and maintaining a movie: metadata, artwork, availability, pricing, and the assets required for playback.

That catalog then powered the customer-facing storefront, purchase flow, account access, and hosted viewing experience.

Sharing became part of distribution.

Shareable links attributed referrals and rewards, giving viewers and partners a reason to help a film travel. The design challenge was keeping that model understandable without distracting from the movie itself.

Walkthrough

Selected CMS, storefront, and checkout screens are available and can become a focused walkthrough once the final narrative and permissions are settled.