Collectibles Summer 2026 Intern - Business Ops

Fanatics

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Sunnyvale, Texas

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Responsibilities

The intern will support growth initiatives for non-trading card product categories by conducting strategic analysis and managing end-to-end product launch processes. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build reports, evaluate market trends, and ensure alignment across project timelines.

Qualifications

Fanatics Collectibles is seeking a Business Ops Intern to support growth initiatives across non-trading card product lines. The ideal candidate will be pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Strategy, Economics, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field, and have strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets and an interest in consumer products, retail, or e-commerce are highly desirable.

Job Description

Summer 2026 Business Ops Internship
Location: New York (5 days/week, on-site)
Program Dates: June 1, 2026 – August 7, 2026

Who We Are

Fanatics Collectibles is a global leader in sports and entertainment collectibles, bringing together iconic brands, innovative products, and cutting-edge platforms to serve collectors worldwide. Our portfolio spans trading cards, memorabilia, and an expanding set of adjacent categories designed to support and enhance the collector experience.

Backed by Fanatics, we operate at the intersection of brand, commerce, and technology—combining scale, data, and deep industry relationships with an entrepreneurial mindset. Our teams collaborate across strategy, product, operations, and supply chain to identify new opportunities and bring compelling offerings to market.

About the Internship

The Summer 2026 Business Ops Intern will support growth initiatives focused on non-trading card product categories, including supplies, apparel, and other collector accessory products. This role offers hands-on exposure to strategic analysis, cross-functional execution, and end-to-end product launch processes.

This internship is designed for students interested in learning how business strategy, analytics, and operations come together within a fast-paced consumer and e-commerce environment.

What You’ll Do

  • Support growth initiatives across non-trading card product lines, including supplies, apparel, and accessories
  • Build reports, analyses, and business cases to inform strategic and product decisions
  • Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to manage logistics and execution from concept through launch
  • Research gaps in the current product assortment and evaluate opportunities to expand the SKU roadmap
  • Assist in developing recommendations for new products based on customer needs, market trends, and operational considerations
  • Contribute to end-to-end project coordination to ensure alignment across stakeholders and timelines

What You Bring

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Strategy, Economics, Supply Chain, Analytics, or a related field (graduating in 2026 or later)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
  • Interest in consumer products, retail, e-commerce, or marketplace businesses
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and communicate clearly with a range of stakeholders
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple workstreams
  • Proficiency in Excel, Google Sheets, or similar tools; experience building presentations or dashboards is a plus

The hourly rate for this position is $27.00.

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.


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. 
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

Fanatics

The Topps Company, Inc. is the iconic, preeminent leader in physical and digital collectibles. Acquired by Fanatics Collectibles in January 2022, Topps is the company's cornerstone licensed trading card brand. Founded in 1938, The Topps Company started in confections with "Topps Gum" (later introducing Bazooka Bubble Gum) and released its first trading card set in 1950. Today, the company produces trading cards and collectibles, custom cards, memorabilia, sticker album collections and more related to iconic and pop culture brands such as Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, Star Wars, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, World Wrestling Entertainment and Garbage Pail Kids. Fanatics Collectibles has also secured long-term, exclusive rights to design, manufacture and distribute trading cards for several additional sports properties, including NBA, NBPA and NFLPA, in the coming years. Topps’ Digital Apps division produces, develops and operates mobile applications that give you access to an exclusive digital card collection at your fingertips that are sold via the Apple and Google app stores under the brand names BUNT, KICK, NHL SKATE, Star Wars Card Trader, The Walking Dead Universe Collect, WWE SLAM, Marvel Collect! and Disney Collect! https://play.toppsapps.com/. Headquartered in New York City, Topps maintains offices in several countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, India and Brazil.
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