Design Lead, Fanatics Collect Marketplace

Fanatics Collectibles•Los Angeles, NY

About The Position

The Design Lead will own the end-to-end design of the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, a secondary marketplace and auction house offering Buy Now fixed-price listings and Weekly and Premier Auctions. The role focuses on making the marketplace enjoyable, trusted, engaging, and easy for collectors to use when finding and buying cards. The Design Lead will work closely with the Director of Product Design, Fanatics Collect E-commerce, and design leads for Fanatics Live and TOPPS.com to create a coherent experience across Fanatics Collect’s connected marketplaces. The role also partners with Product, Engineering, Creative Studio, and the Shared Experience team to improve usability, consistency, trust, and design quality. The position includes using data and collector feedback to improve conversion, trust, and satisfaction; ensuring design intent is preserved through implementation; and mentoring designers. Fanatics describes its team as distributed across time zones and countries, valuing ownership, kindness, context, and comfort with ambiguity. The listed base salary ranges are $115,000–$140,000 for Los Angeles and $120,000–$150,000 for New York City; the ranges are location-specific and exclude short- and long-term incentive compensation.

Requirements

7+ years of product design experience.
Comfort moving from user flows and information architecture to detailed UI and interaction design.
Use research and metrics to inform design decisions.
Communicate clearly and align Product, Engineering, Brand, and adjacent design leads.

Nice To Haves

Experience in marketplace, e-commerce, or auction/commerce design.
Systems-thinking ability to design for both fast, fixed-price buying and the anticipation of live auctions.
Appreciation for the trading card and collecting hobby, or genuine excitement to learn about it.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end design of the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, including Buy Now, Weekly Auctions, and Premier Auctions.
Improve search, browsing, filtering, and discovery so collectors can find cards as the marketplace grows.
Create clear listings, provenance, and outcomes that build collector trust and transparency.
Balance fixed-price buying and ongoing auction mechanics within a coherent experience.
Partner with Product and Engineering to improve usability, hierarchy, and interaction patterns.
Design bidding, buying, and selling experiences that feel exciting rather than stressful.
Ensure clarity and transparency around pricing, fees, authentication, and order status.
Use data and collector feedback to improve conversion, trust, and satisfaction.
Coordinate with Fanatics Live and TOPPS.com design leads to maintain consistent shared patterns, including search, navigation, and checkout.
Partner with Creative Studio so the marketplace reflects Fanatics Collect’s trusted auction-house brand voice.
Partner with the Shared Experience team on the design system, search, and navigation patterns used by the marketplace.
Maintain a high craft bar across listings, cards, and transactions.
Carry design quality from concept through shipped execution, partnering with Engineering to preserve design intent.
Mentor other designers and help raise the craft standard across the team.