Senior Product Designer, Betting & Gaming
Fanatics, New York, NY, United States
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 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.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to drive and own key initiatives within our Core Product team. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about new technologies and experiences, developing strategies based on the insights of real people, elevating the design team through their craft, and paving the way for innovation.
What You’ll Be Doing
Drive and own key features within our Sportsbook and Casino product experiences, helping to craft the vision for our product by identifying new opportunities and prioritizing enhancements.
Work with cross‑functional teams (developers, product managers, experience researchers, fellow designers) to drive design executions for core product that meet the needs of our internal and external customers.
Apply strategic thinking to visualize ideas and concepts and communicate them effectively and compellingly for internal stakeholders, partners and customers.
Build positive, collaborative relationships with product management, development, marketing, and the broader UX team, as well as continuously raising the bar as an effective member of the team.
Lead cross‑functional collaboration efforts like workshops and design sprints to generate and evaluate creative solutions.
Leverage cross‑functional leadership skills to help guide, improve, and implement design and feedback processes.
Act as an active mentor for more junior designers, and participate in critique, design reviews, and planning.
Create detailed user flows, wireframes, and similar deliverables, communicating UX clearly to relevant teams and articulating the rationale behind decisions.
Contribute to the design system with design elements, patterns, layouts, user flows, usage guidelines, and best practices from your feature area.
Address and design for the entire user experience, including edge cases and unhappy paths.
Track the impact of your work via user feedback and data insights to help the team identify opportunities for continued iteration.
What You Bring To The Role
6+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer, or similar role.
A track record of designing high‑quality digital products that delivered results and demonstrated depth of design skills, illustrated in a portfolio or case studies.
Expert knowledge of the end‑to‑end product design process, commanding product strategy, job‑to‑be‑done analysis, journey mapping, information architecture, interaction design, and user interface design.
Demonstrated communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that clearly explain complex concepts across audiences and organizational levels.
A proven ability to evaluate the customer and business impact of design decisions inside and outside your own product area.
Deep experience with driving and applying user‑centered design processes while working with cross‑functional teams including development, product management, and product research.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, enabling stakeholders to understand the “why” behind your design rationale.
Understanding of front‑end code, technology limitations, and deep appreciation of engineers’ needs.
A curious mindset with a desire to stay tuned to the latest updates and techniques.
A proactive self‑starter, systems thinker, comfortable taking ambiguity and making it tangible by leveraging design thinking techniques.
Proficient in Figma and other design and prototyping tools.
Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full‑time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.
Salary Range: $147,000 - $193,000 USD
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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 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.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to drive and own key initiatives within our Core Product team. The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about new technologies and experiences, developing strategies based on the insights of real people, elevating the design team through their craft, and paving the way for innovation.
What You’ll Be Doing
Drive and own key features within our Sportsbook and Casino product experiences, helping to craft the vision for our product by identifying new opportunities and prioritizing enhancements.
Work with cross‑functional teams (developers, product managers, experience researchers, fellow designers) to drive design executions for core product that meet the needs of our internal and external customers.
Apply strategic thinking to visualize ideas and concepts and communicate them effectively and compellingly for internal stakeholders, partners and customers.
Build positive, collaborative relationships with product management, development, marketing, and the broader UX team, as well as continuously raising the bar as an effective member of the team.
Lead cross‑functional collaboration efforts like workshops and design sprints to generate and evaluate creative solutions.
Leverage cross‑functional leadership skills to help guide, improve, and implement design and feedback processes.
Act as an active mentor for more junior designers, and participate in critique, design reviews, and planning.
Create detailed user flows, wireframes, and similar deliverables, communicating UX clearly to relevant teams and articulating the rationale behind decisions.
Contribute to the design system with design elements, patterns, layouts, user flows, usage guidelines, and best practices from your feature area.
Address and design for the entire user experience, including edge cases and unhappy paths.
Track the impact of your work via user feedback and data insights to help the team identify opportunities for continued iteration.
What You Bring To The Role
6+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, product designer, or similar role.
A track record of designing high‑quality digital products that delivered results and demonstrated depth of design skills, illustrated in a portfolio or case studies.
Expert knowledge of the end‑to‑end product design process, commanding product strategy, job‑to‑be‑done analysis, journey mapping, information architecture, interaction design, and user interface design.
Demonstrated communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that clearly explain complex concepts across audiences and organizational levels.
A proven ability to evaluate the customer and business impact of design decisions inside and outside your own product area.
Deep experience with driving and applying user‑centered design processes while working with cross‑functional teams including development, product management, and product research.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills, enabling stakeholders to understand the “why” behind your design rationale.
Understanding of front‑end code, technology limitations, and deep appreciation of engineers’ needs.
A curious mindset with a desire to stay tuned to the latest updates and techniques.
A proactive self‑starter, systems thinker, comfortable taking ambiguity and making it tangible by leveraging design thinking techniques.
Proficient in Figma and other design and prototyping tools.
Ranges will change based on country and state of residence, which are reflected in Geographical Zones defined by Fanatics Betting and Gaming. The range incorporates all of our Geographical Compensation Zones and is subject to change as the Zone associated with the actual offer is confirmed. In addition to the base and bonus, full‑time employment, and more. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.
Salary Range: $147,000 - $193,000 USD
By submitting your application, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our Candidate Privacy Policy.
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