Product Support Specialist, Major Events
Fanatics Commerce
$65,000 - $75,000 / year
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Description
Fanatics Commerce is the global leader in licensed sports merchandise, operating a vertically integrated platform that designs, manufactures, and delivers officially licensed apparel, jerseys, headwear, and collectibles for major leagues, teams, and events worldwide. With more than 900 e-commerce sites and a global omnichannel presence across digital, in-venue, and retail, Fanatics Commerce reaches fans in over 180 countries and powers official fan experiences for many of the world's most iconic sports properties.
At Fanatics, we bring our BOLD Leadership Principles to life every day - building championship teams, obsessing over fans, acting with entrepreneurial speed, and delivering with a determined and relentless mindset.
As we continue to scale our global platform, the Product Support Specialist, Major Events will play a critical role in coordinating product operations, merchandising support, and milestone tracking across major events.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Product Support Specialist, Major Events is an entry-level role providing administrative and operational support across Merchandising, Product Development, and Design. This role blends day-to-day departmental coordination — intake, tracking, meeting logistics, and sample management — with early, hands-on exposure to the product lifecycle, including product data accuracy, milestone tracking, and licensing documentation support. The Product Support Specialist, Major Events delivers business and fan impact through BOLD leadership and execution excellence, leveraging data, automation, and AI-enabled insights.
HOW WILL YOU DRIVE IMPACT
Success is measured by the ability to deliver results through BOLD capabilities and measurable outcomes.
Team & Leadership Impact (Build Championship Teams)
- Serve as a liaison and coordination hub across Merchandising, Product Development, and Design, ensuring cross-functional teams remain aligned on key dates, deliverables, and follow-ups.
- Coordinate meeting logistics and maintain shared trackers, calendars, and checklists that keep the department on schedule and reduce friction across functions.
- Support post-project and post-event recaps, contributing to a culture of continuous learning and team improvement through documented findings.
Fan & Customer Impact (Obsessed with Fans)
- Process reorder requests and manage VIK intake forms and partner requests, ensuring fans and partners receive accurate, timely product support.
- Maintain, organize, and produce the on-hand approved sample set for partner reference, enabling a polished and reliable brand experience at every touchpoint.
- Support coordination of licensing approvals and brand compliance documentation, helping ensure all products reaching fans meet official standards.
- Monitor sample approvals and production deadlines, escalating timing risks early to protect the integrity of fan-facing product launches.
Innovation & Problem Solving (Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit)
- Proactively flag missed deadlines and stalled items to leadership before they become blockers, bringing a solutions-first mindset to operational challenges.
- Assist with product setup and maintenance tasks — supporting accuracy of SKUs, specs, and attributes — to improve the reliability of product data systems.
- Track and chase WIP status updates across functional leads, identifying gaps and driving resolution with a continuous-improvement orientation.
- Support ad hoc administrative needs across the department, adapting quickly to shifting priorities in a fast-paced, event-driven environment.
Ownership & Execution (Determined & Relentless Mindset)
- Manage a high volume of small, concurrent tasks — reorders, VIK intake, sample coordination, milestone tracking — with consistent attention to detail and follow-through.
- Maintain shared trackers and departmental checklists with a high degree of accuracy, ensuring leadership always has a clear, current view of status across workstreams.
- Support licensing and brand compliance documentation with rigor and reliability, owning the coordination process end to end under guidance from senior leads.
- Approach every assignment with a proactive mindset, surfacing issues early and driving closure rather than waiting to be asked.
AI & DIGITAL CAPABILITY
We are building a future-ready organization. This role is expected to:
- Apply AI and technology to improve efficiency, quality, and outcomes
- Use data and digital tools to inform decisions and enhance performance
- Demonstrate curiosity and adaptability in adopting new technologies and ways of working
- Contribute to a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
CAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE YOU BRING
Required Qualifications:
- 0–2 years of experience in an administrative, coordination, retail, or operations support role; internship experience is welcome.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and consistent follow-through across a high volume of concurrent tasks.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interface effectively with every function across Merchandising, Product Development, and Design.
- Proficiency with standard office and productivity tools, including Excel/spreadsheets, shared trackers, and calendar and scheduling platforms.
- Proactive problem-solving mindset — flags issues and risks early rather than waiting to be asked.
- Genuine interest in building a career in merchandising, product development, or retail operations.
- Experience in apparel, retail, or a licensed product environment is a plus but not required.
WORK LOCATION
Hybrid: The primary place of performance of this role is the Company's office located in Los Angeles, CA, subject to the Company's current hybrid work policy. This role currently requires in-office presence 3 days per week.
The salary range represents base pay only and does not include short-term or long-term incentive compensation. When determining base pay as part of a final compensation package, we consider several factors such as location, experience, qualifications, and training. For information about our benefits, please visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/
At Fanatics, we operate with a BOLD mindset - We Build Championship Teams, we’re Obsessed with Fans, we embrace a Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit, and we approach every challenge with a Determined and Relentless Mindset. If you’re ready to contribute to a dynamic, fast-paced environment that thrives on collaboration and growth, we want you to be part of our team.
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 Commerce is a leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods. It operates a vertically-integrated platform of digital and physical capabilities for leading sports leagues, teams, colleges, and associations globally – as well as its flagship site, www.fanatics.com.
Fanatics Commerce has a broad range of online, sports venue, and vertical apparel partnerships worldwide, including comprehensive partnerships with leading leagues, teams, colleges, and sports organizations across the world—including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, Formula 1, and Australian Football League (AFL); the Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea FC, and Tokyo Giants; the University of Notre Dame, University of Alabama, and University of Texas; the International Olympic Committee (IOC), England Rugby, and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).
At Fanatics Commerce, we infuse our BOLD Leadership Principles in everything we do:
· Build Championship Teams
· Obsessed with Fans
· Limitless Entrepreneurial Spirit
· Determined and Relentless Mindset
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About this role
Fanatics Commerce is looking for an entry-level coordinator to support product operations across major sporting events. You'd serve as a central hub for Merchandising, Product Development, and Design teams, managing intake forms, sample approvals, licensing documentation, and milestone tracking while keeping cross-functional stakeholders aligned on deadlines and deliverables. The role sits at the intersection of administrative execution and early exposure to the product lifecycle—you'll handle day-to-day logistics like meeting coordination and shared trackers while also gaining hands-on experience with product data accuracy, compliance, and the reorder process.
Success here depends on managing a high volume of concurrent small tasks with precision, flagging risks before they become problems, and maintaining the single source of truth that leadership relies on to stay current. You'll work with reorder requests, VIK intake, sample organization, and production timelines, supporting both the internal team's alignment and the external fan and partner experience. The role expects you to bring curiosity about technology and data tools to improve efficiency, and to approach shifting priorities in a fast-paced, event-driven environment with a solutions-first mindset.
This position suits someone with zero to two years of administrative, retail, or operations support experience—internships count—who is highly organized, communicates clearly across functions, and has a genuine interest in building a career in merchandising or product operations. The Los Angeles office requires in-person presence three days per week, and the salary range is $65,000–$75,000.
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