Interactive Motion Designer

About Fanatics Live & Collect

Fanatics Live & Collect is on a mission to redefine the trading card industry with bold ambitions and cutting-edge innovation. We're committed to uniting a passionate community with the products they love and revolutionizing online shopping through content, community, and commerce.

We are a small but highly experienced team of product leaders and operators, building products from the ground up. Backed by Fanatics—the world's largest sports merchandiser with a $31bn valuation, 900+ sports relationships, and exclusive licensing deals with MLB, NFL, and NBA—we are uniquely positioned to create something extraordinary for collectors worldwide.

The team

Our people are at the top of their game... or on their way to get there. They're smart and kind and skilled in an extraordinary range of technologies, approaches, thinking and communicating. We believe in context, not control and and trust the team to do the best work possible to achieve our objectives.

We are distributed across multiple countries and timezones and value communication, clarity and candour. We are comfortable with uncertainty and change, happy to get to grips with new business sectors, innovative business models and novel product concepts. We get our hands dirty, are brave in their decision making and own the work we do.

Responsibilities and duties: “What you will do in the role day to day”

As a UI Animator, you will play a crucial role in shaping how collectors interact with our digital products, bringing motion to life and enhancing engagement through animation. You'll collaborate with product designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to craft dynamic, human, and interactive experiences that elevate our platform.

Your work will focus on turning Figma designs into rich, interactive animations, implementing engaging micro-interactions, and ensuring seamless handover and integration with engineering teams. You will also contribute to our design system, helping establish and refine motion design principles that create consistency and delight across all our products.

As a UI Animator at Fanatics Live & Collect, You Will:

• Develop high-quality UI animations, micro-interactions, and transitions that enhance user engagement across web and mobile applications.
• Leverage Rive to create dynamic, interactive experiences that elevate our product's motion design language.
• Work closely with product designers to translate static Figma designs into interactive, fluid animations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure smooth implementation, providing detailed specs and working through technical constraints.
• Define and evolve motion design principles as part of our broader design system, ensuring consistency across all Fanatics Live & Collect products.
• Prototype animations to visualize interactions, user flows, and dynamic UI components.
• Advocate for motion as a key component of user experience, helping establish best practices and guidelines for animation use.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, bringing innovative ideas and emerging animation techniques into our design process.

We'd love to hear from you if…

We're looking for people who can go beyond just delivering UI work, and who can demonstrate product thinking, a growth mindset and initiative. We are in the game of delivering excellence and innovation to our customers.

You'll need to show us that

• You are proficient in Rive & Figma (Lottie, and Adobe After Effects is a plus), with a strong understanding of how motion enhances user experience.
• You have a solid foundation in UX/UI design principles and an ability to craft animations that align with usability best practices.
• You have experience working within design systems, contributing to motion guidelines and reusable assets.
• You are comfortable working cross-functionally, partnering with designers, engineers, and product managers to bring animations to life.
• You are detail-oriented, ensuring pixel-perfect execution and seamless integration of animations.
• You have a passion for storytelling through motion and can articulate how animation enhances user interaction.
• You are proactive, independent, and eager to push the boundaries of motion design within digital experiences.

If you're worried that you don't 100% tick all of these boxes, please speak to us anyway. We know the “perfect candidate” doesn't exist and we love it when people bring their own perspectives and passions to Fanatics Live.

We'll encourage you to develop in areas you're passionate about, and we will support you in exploring areas you'd like to grow in.

Ensure your Fanatics job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud. Fanatics never seeks payment from job applicants. Feel free to ask your recruiter for a phone call or other type of communication for interview, and ensure your communication is coming from a Fanatics email address (including @collectfanatics.com). .

In Los Angeles, the salary range for this position is $112,000-$140,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. In NYC, the salary range for this position is $124,000-$155,000. The listed salary ranges are specific to Los Angeles or NYC 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.

Fanatics Collectibles is a leading licensor, producer, designer, and seller of physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets for entertainment and sports properties globally, as well as a manufacturer of physical and digital trading cards. It has secured exclusive licensing arrangements with major national professional sports leagues, including the MLB, NFL and the NBA, and related players associations, to produce physical and digital trading cards and other collectibles.

Fanatics Collectibles also has partnerships with a number of individual international sports teams and leagues, as well as owners of other entertainment properties granting similar exclusive rights. Fanatics Collectibles recently announced Fanatics Live, expected to launch later in 2023, which will focus on transforming the digital shopping experience through personality-driven content and entertainment.