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Fanatics · 3 weeks ago

Senior Game Designer, Trading Card Games (TCG)

11601 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90025, US

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$110K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

Fanatics is a new trading card game business within the Fanatics Collectibles family. The Senior Game Designer is responsible for designing cards, mechanics, and gameplay experiences that align with the overall vision of the trading card game while ensuring clarity, balance, and player engagement.

eSportsManufacturingRetailSporting GoodsSports

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design cards, mechanics, and expansion themes

Participate in playtesting, tuning, and balance iteration

Collaborate with art, narrative, and production partners

Contribute to design documentation and best practices

Support post-launch updates and ongoing gameplay improvements

Qualification

Game design experienceShipped competitive gameBalanceProbabilityCollaborative teamworkIterate based on feedbackPassion for TCGCreative instinctsAttention to detailCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

Minimum 5 years of professional game or TCG design experience

Shipped experience on at least one card or competitive game

Strong understanding of balance, probability, and player psychology

Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional teams

Strong creative instincts paired with attention to detail

Ability to iterate quickly based on feedback and data

Excellent collaboration and communication skills

Passion for trading card games and player-focused design

Company

Fanatics

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Fanatics is a sports merchandise retailer that manufactures fan gear and jerseys across retail channels. It is a sub-organization of Kynetic.

Founded in 2002

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.fanaticsinc.com

H1B Sponsorship

Fanatics has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2021 (2)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$4.9B

Key Investors

Clearlake Capital GroupNational Football LeagueAlameda Research

2022-12-06Private Equity· $700M

2022-03-02Private Equity· $1.5B

2022-01-01Series Unknown· $10M

Leadership Team

Joseph Bozich

Advisor to Chief Executive Officer

Michael Mahan

CEO

Recent News

Retail Dive

The Weekly Closeout: Hilma Running, Inkbox shut down

2026-01-17

Sports Business Journal

Sports Business Daily: Executive Transactions - January 13, 2026

2026-01-16

Sports Business Journal

Fanatics to launch new branded credit card in spring

2026-01-16

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