Staff Product Designer

Staff Product Designer

We are looking for a Staff Product Designer to join a new product team at Fanatics Betting and Gaming. Our balanced team of Product Managers, Product Designers, and Engineers share a goal to pioneer new ways for fans to engage in sports and voice their fandom.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead key product initiatives within a cross‑functional team, crafting high‑quality and memorable fan experiences.
• Work cross‑functionally with Fanatics partner teams to capture elements of Fanatics digital properties inside Fanatics Betting and Gaming products, including e‑commerce, ticketing/experiences, and future business verticals.
• Craft the vision for the product experience by collaborating with peers to identify new opportunities, define outcomes, solution ideas, and assumption tests to gain confidence and support prioritization.
• 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, continuously raising the bar as an effective leader of positive change.
• Work with Product Managers and Software Engineers to discover, refine, develop, and ship features within an agile environment.
• Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration efforts like workshops and design sprints to generate and evaluate creative solutions.
• Create detailed user flows, wireframes, and other deliverables, communicating UX clearly and articulating the rationale for decisions.
• Prototype user experiences and coordinate qualitative and quantitative studies with your UX Research team.
• Offer efficient iteration based on feedback from internal stakeholders and UX research results.
• Document design elements, patterns, layouts, user flows, usage guidelines, and best practices.
• Track the impact of your work via user feedback and data insights to identify opportunities for continued iteration.
• Maintain cohesion across Fanatics Betting & Gaming products by attending design team studio hours and supporting the work of fellow experience enthusiasts.

What You Bring to the Role

• 6+ years of experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role.
• 3+ years of experience leading large‑scale initiatives and mentoring designers.
• A track record of designing high‑quality digital products that delivered results, illustrated in a portfolio or case studies.
• Expert knowledge of the end‑to‑end product design process, including product strategy, jobs‑to‑be‑done, journey mapping, information architecture, interaction design, and UI design.
• Demonstrated communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that clearly convey complex concepts across audiences and organizational levels.
• A proven ability to evaluate the customer and business impact of design decisions inside and outside your product area.
• Deep experience driving user‑centered design processes with cross‑functional teams including development, product management, and product research.
• Experience conducting accessibility evaluations of components and/or page‑level designs; thorough knowledge of WCAG and a track record of advocating for accessibility improvements.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to help stakeholders understand the “why” behind your design rationale.
• Understanding of front‑end code, technology limitations, and the needs of engineers.
• Curiosity and continuous learning about the latest updates and techniques.
• A teacher and advocate for best practices and modern techniques.
• Proactive self‑starter, systems thinker, comfortable taking ambiguity and making it tangible with design thinking.
• Proficient in Figma and other design and prototyping tools.

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 by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, collect physical and digital trading cards, and bet on games as Fanatics expands its sportsbook and iGaming platform.

About the Team

Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics. It operates 22 retail sports betting locations–including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium–and provides an online sportsbook available to 95% of the U.S. addressable online betting market.