Design Lead

As Design Lead for the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, you'll own the end-to-end experience of the Marketplace – Buy Now listings, Weekly Auctions and Premier Auctions – making it easy and trustworthy for collectors to find and buy the cards they want. You'll coordinate with the Director of Product Design, E-commerce and with the Live and TOPPS.com design leads so all three marketplaces feel like one product.

Fanatics is a global digital sports platform with hundreds of sports partners and more than 2,000 retail locations; its 22,000+ employees focus on improving the fan experience. The Fanatics Collect team is distributed across time zones and countries, and values intelligence, kindness, context over control and hands-on ownership. The role is based in New York (or Los Angeles), in the office five days a week.

What you'll be doing

Marketplace experience

• Owning the design of Buy Now, Weekly Auctions and Premier Auctions
• Making search, browsing, filtering and discovery easy and scalable
• Building trust through clear listings, provenance and outcomes
• Balancing fixed-price buying with live and ongoing auction mechanics
• Working with Product and Engineering to improve usability and interaction patterns

Engagement and trust

• Designing bidding, buying and selling to feel exciting rather than stressful
• Keeping pricing, fees, authentication and order status clear and transparent
• Using data and collector feedback to improve conversion, trust and satisfaction

Cross-surface coherence

• Aligning shared patterns such as search, navigation and checkout with the Live and TOPPS.com design leads
• Working with Creative Studio to reflect the brand's trusted, auction-house voice
• Working with the Shared Experience team on the design system and core navigation and search patterns

Craft and quality

• Maintaining a high craft standard for every listing, card and transaction
• Carrying designs from concept to shipped product, protecting design intent with Engineering
• Mentoring designers and raising the team's craft standard

What we're looking for

• Seven or more years of product design experience, ideally in marketplace, e-commerce or auction design
• A systems thinker who can design for both fast fixed-price buying and live auction anticipation
• The ability to move from user flows and information architecture to detailed UI and interaction design
• A data-informed approach, using research and metrics to guide decisions
• Clear communication skills to align Product, Engineering, Brand and other design leads
• A genuine interest in trading cards and collecting, or eagerness to learn

If you don't meet every requirement, Fanatics encourages you to apply anyway.

What's on offer

• Base salary: US$120,000 – US$150,000 in New York City (US$115,000 – US$140,000 in Los Angeles), excluding incentive compensation
• Benefits as set out at benefitsatfanatics.com

Equal opportunity

Fanatics does not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law. The self-identification survey is voluntary and does not affect hiring.

How to apply

Apply using the form on the listing. Fanatics never asks candidates for payment or banking information, and recruiter emails come from a Fanatics domain, including @collectfanatics.com.