Systems and methods for automating content design transformations based on user preference and activity data

A method for automatically transforming a content item, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a content item harvesting module, a plurality of harvest content items;
• ranking, by a performance metric ranking engine, each of the plurality of harvest content items based on at least one performance metric;
• determining, by a matching criterion manager, matching criterion aspects of the plurality of harvest content items;
• comparing, by the matching criterion manager, aspects of a candidate content item with the plurality of harvest content items according to the determined matching criterion aspects;
• determining, by the matching criterion manager, a subset of the plurality of harvest content items that are relevant to the candidate content item based on the comparison of the aspects of the candidate content item with the plurality of harvest content items;
• selecting, by a recommendation module, a first transformation for the candidate content item to make at least one characteristic of the candidate content item more like the at least one characteristic of a first harvest content item of the subset of the plurality of harvest content items that is ranked more highly than a second harvest content item of the subset of the plurality of harvest content items;
• determining, by a content transformation module, an intensity associated with the selected transformation prior to applying the selected transformation to the candidate content item;
• and
• applying, by the content transformation module, the selected first transformation to the candidate content item to generate a transformed content item.