Director, Print Operations- TCG
About The Position
Fanatics TCG is a new Seattle-based trading card game studio within the Fanatics Collectibles family, founded by industry veterans with a long-term mandate: to build enduring franchises that live across tabletop, digital, community, and culture. We're looking for the most skilled and passionate talent in the games industry and beyond to help us create the best TCGs in the world. A leader who brings both strategic vision and hands-on operational depth, the Director of Print Operations will be responsible for creating Fanatics TCG’s manufacturing pipeline, leveraging existing capabilities at Fanatics Collectibles and standing up new functions specific to the TCG business.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in print production, manufacturing, or supply chain operations for trading card games
- Experience leading and developing teams in a player-coach capacity, with demonstrated ability to build functions from early stages
- Demonstrated success in building manufacturing pipelines at scale, including vetting and implementing tools, processes, and vendors
- Proven track record of establishing and managing global manufacturing partnerships
- Hands-on expertise in prepress, printing processes, and demand planning across multiple vendors and franchises
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with collectible products
- Drive to innovate - printing technologies, tools, processes
Responsibilities
- Create and own Fanatics TCG’s manufacturing strategy, identifying, evaluating, and onboarding the vendors who will make our cards.
- Oversee manufacturing scheduling and capacity planning for multiple games.
- Establish strategic partnerships and SLAs with downstream vendors, balancing quality, cost, and time.
- Build a resilient, diversified vendor base that protects the studio against supply chain disruption and supports growth across multiple simultaneous franchises.
- Define and own the operational workflow from print-ready files through finished goods delivery.
- Partner with business and commercial teams on inventory planning, print run sizing, and cost modeling to support business timelines and goals.
- Define and uphold quality standards for print production, and build QA processes spanning physical proofing, samples, and post-production milestones.
- Build and lead a Print Operations team to support all franchises as the studio scales.
Benefits
- Salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation.
- This salary range is specific to Seattle and may not be applicable to other locations.
- When determining base pay, as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training.
- For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
