UX Designer
Fanatics
Posted 2 years ago
Company Overview
Fanatics is building the leading global digital sports platform to ignite and harness the passions of fans, and maximize the presence and reach for hundreds of partners globally. Leveraging these long-standing partnerships, a database of more than 80 million global consumers and a trusted, recognizable brand name, Fanatics is expanding beyond its position as the global leader for licensed sports merchandise to now becoming a next-gen digital sports platform, featuring an array of offerings across the sports ecosystem.
The Fanatics family of companies currently includes Fanatics Commerce, a vertically-integrated licensed merchandise business that has changed the way fans purchase their favorite team apparel, jerseys, headwear and hardgoods through a tech-infused approach to making and quickly distributing fan gear in today’s 24/7 mobile-first economy; Candy Digital, a digital collectibles company that is partnering with prominent sports properties, including MLB and MLBPA, to build an official NFT ecosystem; Fanatics Collectibles, a transformative company that is building a new model for the hobby and giving collectors an end-to-end collectibles experience; and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, a mobile betting, gaming and retail sportsbook platform. Additional ventures that will build out Fanatics’ footprint across the broader digital sports landscape will be rolled out soon. Fanatics’ partners include all major professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, MLS, PGA) and hundreds of collegiate and professional teams, which include several of the biggest global soccer clubs.
As a market leader with more than 8,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.
At Fanatics, we’re a diverse, passionate group of employees aiming to ignite pride and passion in the fans we outfit, celebrate and support. We recognize that diversity helps drive and foster innovation, and through our IDEA program (inclusion, diversity, equality and advocacy) at Fanatics we provide employees with tools and resources to feel connected and engaged in who they are and what they do to support the ultimate fan experience.
About the Team
Fanatics is first and foremost a technology company. We are powered by cutting-edge tech created by our small agile teams using the latest tools and technologies under our highly analytical, forward thinking, and open-minded leadership. As the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, we challenge ourselves by improving our new fully responsive NodeJS cloud commerce platform, Elasticsearch engine, and deep data science capabilities while building the best-in-class retail manufacturing and supply chain technologies. Our tech teams work together to revolutionize data science and engineering initiatives, provide highly scalable real-time and streaming platforms, and create secure e-commerce and in-stadium fan experience products. Our own e-commerce platform transacts in over 190 countries, 17 languages, and 14 currencies. Our motto is “#GSD”—get stuff done—and we do just that. If you want to be at the nexus of sports, commerce, and technology, come be a part of our industry-leading team here at Fanatics Tech.
Team
We are a globally diverse, creative, collaborative team of UX designers and researchers. We care deeply about work-life-balance, pushing the organization through innovation, and testing and validating our ideas. UX sits at the intersection of product, business, testing, and engineering to create e-commerce features for our owned and partner sites, build internal tools to help teammates throughout the company get their work done faster, design in-venue experiences in stadiums around the country, create native apps for iOS and Android, and push to create the best experience for our customers.
Role
A UX designer at Fanatics has a deep understanding of the design process from end to end and feels comfortable championing and leading others through each step of the process - from initial sketches through iterations to final specs and documentation. Designers will work with stakeholders, product managers, user research, and engineers to develop and define requirements and project goals, participate in user studies, understand and apply information from qualitative and quantitative studies, create detailed deliverables and work closely with developers and project managers throughout implementation.
Responsibilities
- Define components and interaction patterns
- Gather requirements
- Low and high level wireframes
- Create prototypes to communicate design intention
- Comparative analysis
- Create user stories
- Generative and participatory design research
- Work through the design process to translate user stories and research into ideas, polished designs, and shipped features
- Create detailed design specifications and guidelines
Requirements
- A fantastic portfolio that articulates design process
- Certificate or degree in UX related field
- Mobile-first design approach
- An eye for visual design
- Expertise in Sketch and/or Figma with experience in, prototyping tools such as Principle, InVision, and a functional understanding of CSS.
- A solid grasp of user-centered design and testing methodologies, and usability and accessibility concerns.
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and stakeholders
- Be able to work with a remotely distributed team
- Be willing to help teammates, share knowledge and experience with them, and learn from them.
- Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
Tryouts are open at Fanatics! Our team is passionate, talented, unified, and charged with creating the fan experience of tomorrow. The ball is in your court now.
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Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.
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