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Job Description

Department: Legal

Reports to: VP, Legal Affairs, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the VP, LegalInternational for global product and market-support matters

Location: New York, NY, or Los Angeles, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time, Regular

About Fanatics Collectibles

Fanatics Collectibles is transforming the global collectibles industry by building the world’s most comprehensive, fan-focused ecosystem of physical and digital products. As part of Fanatics’ broader mission to create the ultimate digital sports platform where fans can buy, collect, and engage, we connect millions of collectors through platforms such as Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, and Topps Digital.

The Legal team at Fanatics Collectibles is a key strategic partner to our product, engineering, operations, marketing, and business leadership teams. We enable innovation at speed while ensuring regulatory compliance, consumer trust, and long-term product integrity.

Role Summary

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking an experienced, business-minded Sr Corporate Counsel, Digital Platforms (Global DTC) to support the global operations of our direct-to-consumer (DTC) digital platforms, including Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, and Topps Digital. This attorney will serve as an embedded legal advisor throughout the full product lifecycle — from early ideation and design, to development, launch, and iteration across Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, Topps Digital, and future DTC platforms on a global basis.

This role requires a lawyer who not only understands technology, digital commerce, and platform risk, but who also shares our passion for relentlessly enhancing the collector experience. You will use your legal expertise to help build world-class collector experiences that are innovative, compliant, globally scalable, and grounded in fan trust. You will work cross-functionally with U.S. and international stakeholders to help shape product strategy, guide responsible innovation, and ensure compliance across multiple jurisdictions and product categories. Prior experience in-house in a similar role a must.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal advisor for our global direct-to-consumer digital and mobile platforms (Topps.com, Fanatics Collect, Fanatics Live, Topps Digital) across global markets.
• Partner closely with global product, engineering, design, marketing, privacy, compliance, and operations teams from concept through launch and lifecycle iteration.
• Provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented guidance on product features, user experiences, customer engagement strategies, and go-to-market initiatives worldwide.
• Collaborate effectively with international business and legal teams to support global expansion, local market adaptations, and cross-jurisdiction regulatory compliance.
• Advise on issues related to consumer protection, e-commerce law, digital payments, subscription models, loyalty/rewards programs, content regulation, IP use, user-generated content, and influencer marketing.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements to support our global platforms, including technology agreements, platform partnerships, SaaS and licensing contracts, and vendor agreements supporting product operations.
• Develop and maintain global consumer-facing terms and policies, including terms of use, platform rules, privacy-related disclosures (in coordination with our privacy team), sweepstakes/contest rules, and promotional terms.
• Support privacy-by-design processes and advise on global consent, data governance, cross-border data flows, and other privacy and data-use considerations.
• Monitor and interpret global regulatory developments affecting digital commerce, consumer engagement, digital content, advertising, and emerging technologies.
• Help develop scalable legal processes, workflows, and governance mechanisms to support efficient, compliant product development across global markets.
• Deliver internal training and guidance to business teams to promote strong compliance and product-risk awareness.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; admitted to practice in at least one U.S. state (in-house registration acceptable).
• 10+ years of legal experience, with at least 3 years advising on global direct-to-consumer technology, product, digital media, or e-commerce matters at a top law firm or in-house at a technology or consumer-facing company.
• Strong experience with consumer protection, e-commerce law, digital advertising/marketing, and data privacy (U.S. and ideally international).
• Demonstrated ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Proven experience working with product, engineering, design, marketing, and operations teams and across global time zones.
• Excellent judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills; ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance.
• Passion for innovation and for continuously enhancing the collector experience.
• Preferred: experience supporting marketplace or high-traffic consumer platforms; familiarity with IP/content licensing, sweepstakes/promotion rules, payment regulation, and global privacy frameworks such as GDPR and CPRA.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Be a doer whose ready, willing and able to roll up your sleeves, jump in and get things done.
• Be a self-starter with a strong work ethic, capable of taking ownership of projects/matters.
• Have a strong desire to assume a wide variety of responsibilities, be flexible and grow with the company.
• Able to accomplish multiple tasks at once while balancing competing objectives and deadlines.
• Produce high-quality carefully crafted work product in a timely manner.
• Have strong interpersonal skills and ability to forge strong relationships with key stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Work effectively both independently and as a team player in a team oriented environment, friendly and excited about “play nice” culture.
• Be confident, be a collaborator and initiative taker.
• Do not watch the clock, be flexible, invested, committed and immersed in the excitement about and commitment to the success of our businesses.
• Strong understanding of the Collectibles businesses and overall Fanatics operations.
• Be a creative thinker who can initiate and develop alternative approaches to complex issues.
• Have a “how” state of mind, not a yes/no advisor.
• Professional and have a perfect sense of integrity, reliable and does the right thing.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent legal and business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to synthesize complex data for a range of audiences. Ability to advise all levels of seniority, summarize bottom line concise advice and in the same time able to expand to full spectrum of details and analysis as appropriate.
• Able to function in excellence in a high-paced, entrepreneurial and constantly evolving and fast-moving environment.
• Aim to be best in class – goal oriented and task focused learner who is innovative and influential.
• Driven to win, ambassador of the Fanatics brand who brings passion, energy and positivity into the workplace.
• Ability to travel frequently on short notice.

_In NYC, the salary range for this position is $212,500 - $250,000, which represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. In Los Angeles, the salary range for this position is $195,500 - $249,550. 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.

_ 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). For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at _www.fanaticsinc.com/careers

_ 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

Fanatics Collectibles is a new model and vision for the hobby, fundamentally changing the experience for current and future collectors, leagues, and players across many U.S. and international professional and college sports. The organization has long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several sports and entertainment properties, including MLB, MLBPA, the Premier League, MLS, UFC, Formula 1 as well as Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars, among others. In January 2022, Fanatics Collectibles announced the acquisition of Topps, establishing the preeminent licensed trading card brand as the cornerstone of Fanatics’ trading cards and collectibles business, and jumpstarted its MLB and MLBPA rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards