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About the Role
Fanatics Collect is seeking a Design Lead to own the end-to-end experience of the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, making it the most enjoyable, trusted, and engaging platform for collectors to buy and sell trading cards. You will partner closely with other design leads to ensure a cohesive Fanatics Collect experience.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end design of the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, including Buy Now, Weekly Auctions, and Premier Auctions.
- Design intuitive search, browse, filtering, and discovery features that scale with marketplace growth.
- Build trust and transparency through clear listings, provenance, and outcomes.
- Balance fixed-price buying mechanics with live/ongoing auctions within a coherent experience.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to enhance usability, hierarchy, and interaction patterns.
- Design engaging moments for bidding, buying, and selling, managing anticipation without anxiety.
- Champion clarity and transparency in pricing, fees, authentication, and order status.
- Utilize data and collector feedback for continuous improvement of conversion, trust, and satisfaction.
- Partner with design leads for Fanatics Live/Breaking and TOPPS.com to ensure consistent shared patterns like search, navigation, and checkout.
- Collaborate with Creative Studio to align the Marketplace brand voice with Fanatics Collect's trusted auction-house identity.
- Work with the Shared Experience team on the design system, search, and navigation patterns.
- Maintain a high craft standard for all aspects of the marketplace experience.
- Drive quality from concept through execution, partnering with Engineering to preserve design intent.
- Mentor other designers and elevate the craft standard across the team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design experience, ideally including marketplace, e-commerce, or auction/commerce design.
- Systems thinker capable of designing for both fast fixed-price buying and the anticipation of live auctions.
- Proficiency in moving from user flows and information architecture to detailed UI and interaction design.
- Data-informed approach, using research and metrics to drive decisions.
- Clear communicator capable of aligning Product, Engineering, Brand, and adjacent design leads.
- Genuine appreciation for the trading card and collecting hobby, or strong excitement to learn.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and taking ownership.
Skills
- Product Design
- Marketplace Design
- E-commerce Design
- Auction/Commerce Design
- Systems Thinking
- User Flows
- Information Architecture
- UI Design
- Interaction Design
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Mentoring
Location
- Los Angeles
- New York City
Work Type
- Distributed team
- Remote
Experience Level
- 7+ years of product design experience
Salary/Compensations
- $115,000—$140,000 USD (Los Angeles)
- $120,000—$150,000 USD (NYC)
Benefits
- Information available at https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
About the Company
- Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform focused on commerce, collectibles, and betting.
- Fanatics Collect is redefining the trading card industry, connecting collector communities with products.
- Backed by Fanatics, a $31B company with extensive sports relationships and licensing.
- Operates three connected marketplaces: Fanatics Live, Fanatics Collect Marketplace, and TOPPS.com.
- Has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans.
- Partners with approximately 900 sports properties, 2,500 athletes, and 200 exclusive athletes.
- Operates over 2,000 retail locations, including Lids stores.
- Employs over 22,000 individuals committed to enhancing the fan experience.
Equal Opportunity
- Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants.
- Ensure communication is from a Fanatics email address (@collectfanatics.com).
- Fanatics will never ask candidates for money, banking information, or other sensitive personal information.
- Report suspicious messages claiming to be from Fanatics recruiting.