Managing content item collections

A method comprising,

• receiving, at a client device, a first user input corresponding to a request to generate a content item collection;
• transmitting, by the client device, the request for the content item collection to a collections server;
• receiving, at the client device from the collections server, the content item collection comprising one or more tiles, each tile of the one or more tiles corresponding to a content item stored by a content management system;
• generating, by the client device, a first graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection comprising the one or more tiles;
• receiving, at the client device via the first graphical user interface, a second user input corresponding to a request to add a first content item to a first tile of the one or more tiles;
• transmitting, by the client device, the request to add the first content item to the first tile to the content management system;
• receiving, by the client device from the content management system, an updated content item collection comprising a preview of at least a portion of the first content item and the first tile of the one or more tiles;
• and
• generating, by the client device, a second graphical user interface for presenting the updated content item collection, the second graphical user interface comprising the preview image positioned in the first tile.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving a first user input corresponding to a request to generate a content item collection;
• transmitting the request for the content item collection to a collections server;
• receiving, from a content management system, the content item collection comprising one or more tiles, each tile of the one or more tiles corresponding to a content item stored by the content management system;
• generating a first graphical user interface for presenting the content item collection comprising the one or more tiles;
• receiving, via the first graphical user interface, a second user input corresponding to a request to add a first content item to a first tile of the one or more tiles;
• transmitting the request to add the first content item to the first tile to the content management system;
• receiving, from the content management system, an updated content item collection comprising a preview of at least a portion of the first content item and the first tile of the one or more tiles;
• and
• generating a second graphical user interface for presenting the updated content item collection, the second graphical user interface comprising the preview image positioned in the first tile.