Creative Associate, Social

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

Launched in 2021, Fanatics Betting and Gaming is the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics, a global digital sports platform. The Fanatics Sportsbook is available to 95% of the addressable online sports bettor market in the U.S. Fanatics Casino is currently available online in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Fanatics Betting and Gaming operates twenty-two retail sports betting locations, including the only sportsbook inside an NFL stadium at Northwest Stadium. Fanatics Betting and Gaming is headquartered in New York with offices in Denver, Leeds and Dublin.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're hiring a Creative Associate to own the look, feel, and creative quality of Fanatics Casino's organic social channels. This is a hands-on creative role — you'll be shooting, editing, designing, and creating content yourself, as well as overseeing what comes in from our agencies, UGC creators, and freelance partners. You'll work alongside the Social Media Manager and report to the Director of Social Media.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Creative execution

Shoot, edit, and produce short-form social video content (Reels / TikTok-style clips)

Design templated graphic assets for social media — maintaining visual consistency while allowing for pillar-specific personality

Art direct and shoot photography for feed content, ensuring every image meets our brand VI standards

Edit and finalize video content from external partners (UGC creators, content agency) to meet quality and brand standards

Creative leadership collaboration

Translate creative briefs from the Social Media Manager into concepts, then into finished assets — on time and on brief

Creative-direct UGC creators, giving feedback that gets better output without killing the native feel

Partner with content agencies on higher-production assets, maintaining brand vision through external production

Bring proactive ideas to planning: new formats, series concepts, creative ways into cultural moments

Integrate AI tools into your creative templating and ideation process

Production oversight

Manage the creative output of freelance graphic designers and the content agency

Maintain an organized asset library — naming conventions, versioning, and archive

Balance an always-on production load with ad-hoc and campaign creative needs

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

3-5 years of creative experience, with meaningful time spent in social-first creative roles — brand-side or agency

Strong and demonstrable range across three disciplines: short-form video production and editing, graphic design and motion, and photography

Proficient in: Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects (or equivalent motion tools), Lightroom or Capture One

Deep fluency in what actually performs on social — you can spot a scroll-stopper and you know why it works

Experience building or contributing to a visual identity system — not just executing someone else's templates

Comfortable working scrappy and elevated in the same week: a lo-fi UGC-style video on Tuesday, a polished branded asset on Friday

Strong creative direction skills: you can give clear, specific feedback to external creators and get better work back

Experience in entertainment, lifestyle, gaming, or consumer brand creative is strongly preferred

CONTENT FORMATS YOU'LL OWN

Lo-fi UGC-style video

Educational short-form video

Briefing agencies for higher-production branded video

Templated graphics

Feed photography

Depending on the role, your interview and onboarding experience may include in-person components, such as onsite interviews or Launching into Better: LIVE—a multi-day cultural immersion in New York City for full-time, non-seasonal hires. These sessions are designed to build connection and …