Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative 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 over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores. 

 

As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

POSITION SUMMARY:  Using state of the art computer equipment, creates high-quality production ready art. Interprets orders received from customer service, discusses questions with team leaders prior to starting order.  Creates the artwork specified on art form.  Job tasks include copy setting, scanning, touching up customer-provided artwork, using stock mascots, and using a drawing package.  Processes work onto paper, film or digital.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

•             Prepares print ready digital files for various digital printing devices.

•             Prepares color separated files for film output for traditional screening processes.  This includes the ability to manufacture trap and make color adjustments to accommodate for press gain or loss for simple designs.

•             Creates artwork specified to instructions on the art form.  This effort can include the following tasks: typesetting, scanning, retouching, creating vector art from a photograph, utilizing stock mascots, or designing a product to either customer request or to a standard predetermined layout.

•             Create and supply files to vendors to the various specifications of these vendors.

•             Knowledgeable about manipulating files in Illustrator and Photoshop and to a lesser degree in InDesign.

•             Knowledge of the basics associated with bills of materials and routings on shop packets.

•             Knowledge of the differences between custom and stock production art work flow and the ability to switch from one to the other with ease.

•             Basic understanding of creating personalized print files.

•             Working knowledge of all the product, print, and finishing requirements within WinCraft.

•             Inspects own work critically.

•             Inspects others work critically and have the ability to communicate problems and concerns in a professional manner.

•             Actively solicits additional work when assigned work has been completed.

•             Performs other duties as assigned.

 

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

•             High school graduate or its equivalent.

•             Adobe suite

•       Experience with Illustrator and Photoshop preferred.

 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

•             Demonstrates high attention to detail, level of concentration, problem solving and interpersonal skills.

•             Positive attitude, self-motivated, team player.

•             Good color perception.

•             Ability to conceptualize, create, and present ideas.

•             Ability to manage projects in an organized fashion and meet deadlines.

•             General Artistic ability.

Fanatics is committed to responsible planning and purchasing (RPP) practices, working with its business partners across its global and multi-layered supply chain, to ensure that planning, sourcing, and purchasing decisions, along with other supporting processes, do not impede or conflict with the fulfillment of Fanatics’ fair labor practices.

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