Design Lead, Fanatics Collect Marketplace

Fanatics Collectibles•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$120,000 - $150,000

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 to find and buy 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 deliver a coherent Fanatics Collect experience across products. The position covers the full design process, from user flows and information architecture through detailed UI and interaction design, and from concept through shipped execution. The Design Lead will work with Product and Engineering to improve usability and interaction patterns, and use research, data, and collector feedback to improve conversion, trust, and satisfaction. The role also partners with Creative Studio and the Shared Experience team, contributes to shared design-system, search, and navigation patterns, and mentors designers while helping raise the team’s craft standard.

Requirements

7+ years of product design experience.
Ability to design both fast, fixed-price purchasing and the anticipation of live auctions.
Comfort with work spanning user flows and information architecture through detailed UI and interaction design.
Data-informed approach, using research and metrics to guide decisions.
Clear communication skills and ability to align Product, Engineering, Brand, and adjacent design leads.

Nice To Haves

Product design experience in marketplaces, e-commerce, or auction/commerce.
Genuine appreciation for the trading card and collecting hobby, or real excitement to learn about it.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end design of the Fanatics Collect Marketplace, including Buy Now, Weekly Auctions, and Premier Auctions.
Design search, browsing, filtering, and discovery experiences that help collectors find cards as the marketplace grows.
Build clear and transparent marketplace experiences, including listings, provenance, pricing, fees, authentication, order status, and outcomes.
Balance fixed-price buying and live or ongoing auction mechanics within one coherent experience.
Partner with Product and Engineering to improve usability, hierarchy, interaction patterns, and the quality of shipped execution.
Design bidding, buying, and selling experiences that create excitement while avoiding unnecessary stress or anxiety.
Use data, research, and collector feedback to improve conversion, trust, and satisfaction.
Coordinate with the Live/Breaking and TOPPS.com design leads to keep shared patterns such as search, navigation, and checkout consistent across surfaces.
Partner with Creative Studio to reflect Fanatics Collect’s brand voice in the Marketplace.
Partner with the Shared Experience team on the design system, search, and navigation patterns used by the Marketplace.
Maintain a high craft standard across listings, cards, and transactions, and work with Engineering to preserve design intent through delivery.
Mentor other designers and help raise the craft standard across the team.