Prepress Engineering Project Specialist

About the Role:

The Prepress Engineering Project Specialist is a key role within the Prepress Engineering team, supporting the creation and delivery of trading card products across Fanatics Collectibles’ expanding portfolio of licensed brands. This role combines technical understanding of prepress and engineering workflows with strong scheduling, coordination, and administrative support.

Acting as the central point of communication, the Project Specialist connects Art, Prepress Engineering, Project Management, Mastering, and Project Coordinator teams to ensure card projects move smoothly from concept through final, print-ready delivery.

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned trading card projects within the Prepress Engineering and Mastering workflows
• Coordinate schedules, priorities, and handoffs between Art, Engineering, Project Management, and Mastering (Prepress) teams
• Support engineers by managing project tracking, timelines, and administrative tasks
• Maintain clear, accurate project documentation including schedules, status updates, and change tracking
• Communicate project requirements, updates, and issues across cross-functional partners
• Assist with intake and organization of new card projects, including expanding licensed products
• Help ensure engineering and prepress requirements are clearly understood and met before files move to mastering
• Identify gaps, risks, or blockers and escalate appropriately
• Support continuous improvement of workflows, tools, and documentation within PPE

What You Bring:

• Working knowledge of engineering, prepress, print production, or technical graphics workflows
• Strong organizational and scheduling skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Comfort handling administrative and coordination tasks that keep teams moving efficiently
• Clear, professional communication skills — written and verbal
• Ability to work across creative and technical teams and translate needs between them
• High attention to detail and follow-through

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting trading card, print, packaging, or similar production environments
• Familiarity with prepress engineering, mastering, or print specifications
• Experience working in licensed or compliance-driven product environments
• Exposure to project management tools or production tracking systems

Role Scope & Intent (Internal Alignment):

• Individual contributor role
• Not a people manager
• Owns coordination, communication, and project support rather than strategic project ownership
• Acts as the connective tissue across Art, Engineering, PM, Mastering, and PCs