Entertainment Content Designer- Digital

Overview Founded in 1938, The Topps Company, Inc. is a global consumer products company that entertains and delights consumers through a di...

Overview

Founded in 1938, The Topps Company, Inc. is a global consumer products company that entertains and delights consumers through a diversified, engaging, multi-platform product portfolio that includes physical and digital collectibles, trading cards, trading card games, sticker and album collections, memorabilia, curated experiential events, gift cards and novelty confections. Topps Physical Sports & Entertainment products include Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, UEFA Champions League, Bundesliga, National Hockey League, Formula 1, Star Wars, WWE, Wacky Packages®, Garbage Pail Kids®, Mars Attacks® and more. Topps Digital Sports & Entertainment has connected with people around the world who have downloaded our apps including Topps® BUNT®, TOPPS®KICK®, Star Wars™: Card Trader by Topps®, Topps® WWE SLAM™, Topps® NHL SKATE™, Marvel Collect! by Topps® and Disney Collect! by Topps®. Topps Digital Services is a leading processor, distributor and program manager of prepaid gift cards and provider of cloud-based financial services and white label e-gift solutions for widely recognized digital businesses that include Airbnb, Deliveroo, DoorDash, Hulu, Instacart, Netflix, Nike, Twitch and Uber. Topps Confections, Bazooka Candy Brands, produces, markets and distributes confections brands including Ring Pop®, Push Pop®, Baby Bottle Pop®, Juicy Drop®, Finders Keepers®, and Bazooka® bubble gum. For additional information visit topps.com, play.toppsapps.com, toppsdigitalservices.com, Candymania.com

Topps is looking for an enthusiastic and driven Content Designer to join our world-class digital group. As a member of this team, you will be charged with helping to deliver the highest quality digital sports and entertainment collectibles to fans all over the world. We are on a mission to dramatically lift the quality of our apps and innovate the Topps brand. We are looking for people with the passion, talent and focus to create the highest quality digital collectibles around sports properties such as MLB, Soccer, & NHL, and entertainment brands such as FOX, Star Wars, Marvel and Disney!

Join our dynamic and entrepreneurial team to be a driving force as we transform one of the most storied entertainment brands into the world leader of digital collectibles.

Why you will love it here:

* Work with the world's top sports and entertainment properties
* Work with a passionate, confident and humble team
* Fun team atmosphere
* Independence and openness to ideas that clears the way for you to do your best work
* Competitive compensation & benefits. We build great teams and take care of them

CONTENT DESIGNER

We are looking for an experienced content designer to create innovative and visually appealing digital collectibles for our blockchain properties. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the biggest properties in sports and entertainment.

Your mission will be to deliver content and card designs that appeal to fans and collectors.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

* Creating original templates for digital trading cards, collectibles & Topps entertainment initiatives that appeal to fans and collectors
* Structuring templates such that subjects, logos, and colors can easily be changed so that finished cards can be produced efficiently and in volume
* Working with content teams to develop design innovations that improve visual appeal or efficiency of process
* Meeting deadlines and managing multiple concurrent workflows

Qualifications

Requirements include:

* 3-5 years experience of graphic design experience, preferably in a sports, entertainment, or mobile/technology company
* Expert knowledge and experience in Photoshop, and knowledge of the entire Adobe Suite (Illustrator, After Effects, etc).
* Experience in motion graphics, editing, or animation
* Ability to work quickly and produce high quality work under tight deadlines and short turnaround times
* Good pulse on latest design trends, styles and out-of-the box creative thinking
* Passion for collectibles and the brands that Topps represents
* Experience in 3D modeling a plus
* Experience in designing within the mobile gaming industry is a plus

The policy of Topps is to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment and all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, sexual and reproductive health choices gender, gender identity or expression, the status of being transgender, gender stereotyping, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, military or veterans status, citizenship status, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.