Personalized media preview interface

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructions that causes the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a client device, a request to access a media collection, the media collection including at least a media item that comprises a media template that comprises a space to display content associated with a user profile associated with the client device, and the request comprising location data;
• determining a contextual factor associated with the client device, the contextual factor including the location data of the request;
• selecting a portion of the media collection based on the contextual factor, the portion of the media collection including at least the media item;
• accessing user profile data associated with the user profile that corresponds with a user of the client device, the user profile data including an image that comprises a set of facial landmarks;
• generating a preview of the media item from the portion of the media collection based on the media template associated with the media item and the image that includes the set of facial landmarks, the preview of the media item comprising a display of the image within the space to display content of the media template;
• and
• causing display of a presentation of the media collection at the client device, the presentation of the media collection including a display of the preview of the media item.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a client device, a request to access a media collection, the media collection including at least a media item that comprises a media template that comprises a space to display content associated with a user profile associated with the client device, and the request comprising location data;
• determining a contextual factor associated with the client device, the contextual factor including the location data of the request;
• selecting a portion of the media collection based on the contextual factor, the portion of the media collection including at least the media item;
• accessing user profile data associated with the user profile that corresponds with a user of the client device, the user profile data including an image that comprises a set of facial landmarks;
• generating a preview of the media item from the portion of the media collection based on the media template associated with the media item and the image that includes the set of facial landmarks, the preview of the media item comprising a display of the image within the space to display content of the media template;
• and
• causing display of a presentation of the media collection at the client device, the presentation of the media collection including a display of the preview of the media item.