Senior Product Designer at Fanaticsfbg

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 Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin. We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to drive and own key initiatives within our Sportsbook experience. 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 product experiences, helping to craft the vision for our product by identifying new opportunities and prioritizing enhancements. • Working with cross-functional teams (developers, product managers, experience researchers, and fellow designers) to drive design executions that meet the needs of our customers. • Applying strategic thinking to visualize ideas and concepts and communicate them effectively and compellingly for internal stakeholders, partners and customers. • Building 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. • Leading cross-functional collaboration efforts like workshops & design sprints in order to generate and evaluate creative solutions. • Leveraging cross-functional leadership skills to help to guide, improve, and implement design and feedback processes. • Being an active mentor for more junior designers, and being an active participant in critique, design reviews, and planning. • Create detailed user flows, wireframes, etc., communicating UX clearly to relevant teams and the rationale for decisions that were made. Mentor more junior designers in your feature area in the creation of high-quality deliverables that reflect high-quality thinking and decision-making. • Writing and maintaining UX documentation on design elements, patterns, layouts, and user flows, including usage guidelines and best practices. Mentor more junior designers in your feature area throughout the process of creating high-quality documentation. • 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, information architect, or similar role. • A track record of designing high-quality digital products that delivered results and demonstrate the depth of your design skills; illustrated in a portfolio or case studies. • Expert knowledge of the end to end product design process, demonstrating a command of product strategy, distilling the jobs to be done for a given user, journey mapping, information architecture, interaction design, and user interface design. • Demonstrated communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that clearly communicate complex concepts across different audiences and levels of the organization. • A proven ability to evaluate the customer and business impact of your 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; you have the ability to help your team and stakeholders understand the “why” behind your design rationale • You understand front-end code, the limitations of technology and have a deep understanding of the needs of engineers you’ve worked with previously. • You are curious and like to stay in tuned with the latest updates and techniques. • You are a teacher and like guiding others on best practices and latest techniques. • You are a proactive self-starter, systems thinker, comfortable with taking what is ambiguous and making it tangible by leveraging design thinking techniques. • Proficient in Figma as well as other design and prototyping tools. Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and bring our culture to life, though specific travel and participation requirements will be confirmed based on your role and location. Your recruiter will provide clear guidance at each stage of the process. For information about our benefits, please visit [Upgrade to PRO to see link] 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 [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Salary Range$145,000—$200,000 USD