Senior UX Designer

Job Description
*At Fanatics Commerce, we’re more than just a leader in licensed sports merchandise – we’re a team united by a relentless passion for our fans and a commitment to innovation. We live by our BOLD Leadership principles: We Build Championship Teams, we’re Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined and Relentless Mindset. If you’re ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.*
Role Overview
As a Senior UX Designer at Fanatics, you will help shape the digital commerce experiences used by millions of sports fans around the world. You’ll partner closely with product managers and engineers to design intuitive, scalable, and high-impact experiences across the Fanatics commerce platform. Your work will directly influence how fans discover products, evaluate merchandise, and complete purchases across mobile and web. This role requires strong product thinking, exceptional design craft, and the ability to translate complex business and user problems into thoughtful, user-centered solutions.
How You Will Make An Impact

• Partner with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate business objectives into intuitive product experiences.
• Conduct user research including interviews, surveys, and usability testing to understand fan behavior and uncover opportunities to improve the experience.
• Design end-to-end UX solutions including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity product designs.
• Iterate on experiences using user feedback, analytics insights, and experimentation such as A/B testing.
• Contribute to scalable design systems and ensure consistency across the Fanatics commerce ecosystem.
• Advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle and bring a strong point of view to product decisions.
• Present and communicate design rationale clearly to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Mentor and collaborate with other designers to help elevate the overall quality of design within the organization.

What You Bring To The Team

• 5+ years of UX / product design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating your design process and outcomes.
• Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma.
• Experience designing complex digital product experiences, ideally within eCommerce or consumer platforms.
• Ability to clearly articulate design decisions and communicate effectively with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of user research, usability testing, and data-informed design iteration.
• Experience working within or contributing to design systems.
• Passion for creating thoughtful, polished user experiences that balance user needs and business goals.
• A genuine interest in sports and fan culture is a strong plus.

Portfolio Requirement
Applicants will be reviewed primarily based on their portfolio. Please include a
link to your portfolio (and password if applicable)
with your application. Strong portfolios clearly demonstrate your design process, the problem being solved, your specific contributions, and the outcomes or impact of the work.
Where You’ll Work And What’s Required

• Fast-paced team environment with exposure to multiple aspects of digital marketing
• Hybrid work environment flexibility, with Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in office; Mondays and Fridays days remote.

What’s In It For You

• Culture: Join a team where you're surrounded by top-tier talent, driven by a shared passion to relentlessly enhance the fan experience. With a focus on collaboration, support, and continuous development, you’ll be empowered to help shape a our culture that celebrates both individual and team successes.

*The salary for this position is between $155,000 - $185,000 per year, in compliance with California’s salary transparency requirements. This range reflects the expected compensation based on qualifications, experience, and location.*
Benefits: We provide a wide range of health, financial, legal, and development assistance, including wellness programs with fitness and weight management partners, paid maternity paternity leave, and infertility treatment. Additionally, we offer flexible time off to help you recharge, along with a competitive 401k plan to support your financial future. At Fanatics, we’re dedicated to supporting you in all aspects of work and life.
*At Fanatics, we value transparency and honesty. If you don’t meet every single requirement, that’s okay – we still want to hear from you! We believe in the power of diverse experiences and talents. If you’re excited about the role and confident that you can contribute, don’t hesitate to apply. We’re genuinely interested in how your unique skills and perspective can help us build something amazing together.*
About Us
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally.
About The Team
Fanatics Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally – as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com.
Fanatics Commerce has a broad range of online, sports venue, and vertical apparel partnerships worldwide, including comprehensive partnerships with leading leagues, teams, colleges, and sports organizations across the world—including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Formula 1, and Australian Football League (AFL); the Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Chelsea FC, and Tokyo Giants; the University of Notre Dame, University of Alabama, and University of Texas; the International Olympic Committee (IOC), England Rugby, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
At Fanatics Commerce, we infuse our BOLD Leadership Principles in everything we do:

• Build Championship Teams
• Obsessed with Fans
• Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Determined and Relentless Mindset