Staff Product Designer, PSA

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, WATA, Card Ladder, Goldin, and the Long Beach Expo collectibles trade show. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,700 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Seattle, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

We’re transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication, grading, and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics — including pricing, scarcity reports, and historic sales data — accessible to every collector, old or new. Our product & engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning throughout the organization. 

Product and Design: Our Product and Design teams are helping to create a seamless user experience across various platforms to provide the most trusted services and delightful experiences for grading, protecting, managing, buying, selling, and sharing collectibles. Our grading operation processes millions of collectibles a year and serves as a research hub for collectors across collectible categories. By leading the standards in the collectibles industry, we have earned customer trust that we can leverage across our expanding product offerings such as Vault and Goldin Marketplace.

Team Overview

As a Product Designer at Collectors, you will help create a seamless user experience across web & mobile to provide the most trusted services and delightful experiences for grading, protecting, managing, buying, selling, and sharing collectibles for PSA, the leading card authenticator and at the helm of a digital transformation. As an early and senior member of the Design team, you would have the opportunity to help shape the team process, creative direction & product vision.

*Remote or hybrid candidates will be considered. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. If you live within a 1 hour commuting distance to one of our offices, you will be required to be onsite most of the time. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process. 

What You’ll Do:

• Autonomously own and drive projects, from definition to shipping, that has the highest visibility and is a key business driver with a small cross-functional team 
• Work closely with UX research, product managers, and engineers to test features and gain insights that shape high-fidelity prototypes and impactful storytelling
• A mentor for junior designers in creating high-quality deliverables that reflect deep UX sense, high-level and out-of-the-box thinking and decision making
• Own and drive projects, from definition to shipping, with a small cross-functional team.
• Champion intentional & opinionated design solutions to sometimes complex problems.
• Quickly prototype and share early design solutions to quickly iterate in the open.
• Always design user & mobile first.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of experience designing & shipping excellent digital products as part of a cross-functional team in an agile environment. Tech industry experience preferred.
• An online portfolio an/or case studies that showcase UX, UI, and visual design work for mobile and web
• Can reduce complex problems down to simple design solutions.
• High attention to detail and focus on execution and quality. 
• Experience designing with a Design System and making your design decisions based on customer feedback and data. 
• Experience working with PM and research to uncover needs and insights based on data and translating them into thoughtful Design decisions. 
• Strong expertise in common design tools (Figma, sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.). Experience with Origami is a plus! 

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $159,469 - $258,903. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, prior experience, and skill set.

Reasons To Join Us:

• Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals
• Flexible Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off.
• Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays
• Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions
• Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs
• Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities