Editor, Basketball

Fanatics Collectibles•Coppell, TX

About The Position

The Editorial team manages the end-to-end editorial process for assigned projects, partnering with brand, design, and operations teams to create compelling and innovative trading card products. The Editor, Basketball develops card-back text and statistics content, selects and prepares photography, manages editorial content and production workflows, and collaborates on product themes and design.

Requirements

Knowledge of basketball is preferred.
Ability to recognize player and talent likenesses, past and present.
Understanding of licensor style guides, colors, logos, and markings.
Basic knowledge of graphic design, photographic principles, and print production.
Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines across multiple projects.
Organized and attentive to detail.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
Knowledge of basketball.

Responsibilities

Develop text- and statistics-based card-back content for collectible trading card products.
Select, assign, and crop high-quality, design-appropriate photographic images for retouching and production.
Build and manage subject lists in partnership with the brand team.
Review proofs for accuracy and integrity.
Manage internal and external content providers.
Work with external photo-retouching and prepress vendors throughout production, correction, and imposition cycles.
Create and maintain prepress budgets.
Master the Card Factory and TPIA content management platforms.
Partner with the project management team to create and execute prepress schedules.
Collaborate with brand and design teams to help develop themes and looks for assigned projects.
Participate in product review and brainstorming sessions for upcoming production cycles.