Fanatics

Senior Brand Designer, Topps.com

Fanatics$140K — $175K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in design and creative direction focused on consumer-facing digital experiences
  • 3+ years of experience in leading and mentoring creative teams
  • Strong track record in digital brand building and commerce-driven creative
  • Expertise in integrated design across digital, web, campaign, and experiential work
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools

Responsibilities

  • Evolve visual and verbal identity of Topps.com
  • Lead creative direction for feature launches and marketing campaigns
  • Translate product features into compelling stories for various teams
  • Create campaign toolkits, including launch pages and social content
  • Champion consistency and excellence across the digital ecosystem
  • Partner with product design to integrate brand into user experience
  • Design web and marketing surfaces to enhance storytelling

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Opportunity to shape the cultural identity of a historic brand
  • Chance to work on high-impact projects that engage a global community
  • Direct influence on the company's creative direction and output
  • Involvement within the dynamic sports and collectibles industry
Full Job Description
About the Role

Topps is an iconic brand at the intersection of sports, culture, and collectibles. We're seeking a Senior brand lead creative to define and elevate the creative vision for Topps.com - the digital hub of our collectibles experience.

In this role, you will shape how fans engage with Topps across web, commerce, campaigns, and digital storytelling. You'll partner with brand managers and cross-functional teams to bring trading card products to life online, creating dynamic, culturally relevant experiences that excite collectors worldwide.

The ideal candidate is both a visionary leader and a hands-on maker: someone who can set a bold creative direction, roll up their sleeves to deliver exceptional design, and raise the bar on how we present our products and brand in the digital space.

What You'll Do

Brand & Identity
  • Evolve our visual and verbal identity of topps.com and how we talk about our different brands - from type and tone to layout, motion, and logo use
  • Own our digital brand guidelines and help others use them with confidence and creativity

Product Marketing & Campaign Creative
  • Lead creative direction for feature launches, go-to-market campaigns, and lifecycle marketing efforts
  • Translate product features into compelling stories, collaborating closely with Product Marketing and Growth teams
  • Create campaign toolkits - launch pages, social content, promos, event assets, and more
  • Support global brand teams with creative, working with teams to localise and support product launches
  • Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Product, and E-Commerce to deliver creative solutions that drive engagement and sales
  • Champion consistency and excellence across the Topps digital ecosystem while experimenting with new design approaches

Product Personality
  • Partner with Product Design to bring the brand into the product experience - onboarding, microcopy, moments of delight, and surprise
  • Design for how the product feels, not just how it works

Web & Surface-Level UX
  • Design and evolve brand-forward surfaces like our marketing site, blog, and careers page
  • Make sure every page tells the story clearly - and looks good doing it

Internal & Employer Brand
  • Create design for company events, internal initiatives, and recruiting efforts
  • Help reinforce the brand inside the company as much as outside

Sales & Partner Enablement
  • Design standout decks, one-pagers, and B2B materials that reflect the polish and personality of our brand


Minimum Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience in design and creative direction, with a focus on consumer-facing digital experiences
  • 3+ years leading and mentoring creative teams
  • Strong track record in digital brand building and commerce-driven creative
  • Experience developing and scaling brand architecture and design systems
  • Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional leaders and influence executive stakeholders
  • Expertise across integrated design, spanning digital, web, campaign, and experiential work
  • Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools


Preferred Qualifications
  • A portfolio showcasing digital brand, e-commerce, and web design work
  • Experience in sports, entertainment, or consumer lifestyle brands
  • Ability to balance creative strategy with business impact
  • Familiarity with direct-to-consumer and e-commerce brand building


This is a senior role for a design lead individual who can both inspire and execute, pushing how Topps.com presents trading cards and collectibles to the world - making them not just products, but cultural icons.

What That Means on the Design Team

We move fast. There's a lot to build, and we do it with urgency - without ever compromising on craft.

We design for scale. Our work has to flex across platforms, audiences, and collector journeys - and still feel unmistakably us.

We're pragmatic. We chase bold ideas, but we also know when to simplify, sharpen, and ship.

We're product-first. Every design choice ties back to collector value. We build trust through clarity, creativity, and connection.

We're hands-on. We lead by doing. From prototyping to pixel polish, we're in the tools making things better - every day.

This is your chance to shape a brand collectors will recognize, rally around, and remember. You'll have the space to explore, the support to level up, and the platform to do your best work yet.

Let's make it legendary. Let's build the brand collecting deserves.

The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. This salary range is specific to Los Angeles 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/

Los Angeles Salary Range

$140,120-$175,150 USD

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About Fanatics

Fanatics is a leading retailer of licensed sports merchandise. The company was founded in 1995 and has grown to become the largest online retailer of officially licensed sports merchandise in the world. Fanatics offers a wide range of products, including jerseys, hats, and other apparel, as well as collectibles and memorabilia. The company has partnerships with all major sports leagues and teams, as well as with individual athletes. Fanatics is committed to providing a seamless shopping experience for its customers and has invested heavily in technology and logistics to ensure fast and reliable delivery.
Learn more about Fanatics
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1995

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