Jobs at The Upper Deck Company

Assembles digital and scanned images, performs color correction and image retouching, previews files for accuracy, troubleshoots production issues, and builds components from established procedures. The role ensures content and production quality while managing multiple high-priority projects under accelerated timelines. It requires familiarity with prepress, printing, publishing file architecture, four-color process, PostScript ripping and trapping, and Adobe Creative Suite applications.

Performs general accounting for subsidiary and related entities, including journal entries, month-end close support, general ledger maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations, cash management, and audit work papers. Maintains accurate financial records using QuickBooks and analyzes financial data. Requires strong accounting, reconciliation, analytical, organizational, communication, and Excel skills, with the ability to work independently and handle confidential information.

Supports sports marketing campaigns across advertising, sponsorships, events, promotions, social media, influencer marketing, content, and product launches. Coordinates creative assets, contests, sweepstakes, trade shows, community outreach, legal approvals, promotional inventory, and sponsorship execution. Maintains project timelines, evaluates campaign ROI, develops content featuring athletes and products, and collaborates with internal teams and external partners.

Manages entertainment and collectibles brands and trading card product portfolios from strategy through launch. Responsibilities include product planning, licensing relationships, P&L and profitability analysis, market research, cross-functional leadership, launch strategy, marketing campaigns, promotions, communications, and partner engagement. The role collaborates with product development, sales, finance, legal, design, operations, and external licensors to maximize brand growth and profitability.

Supports licensed sports and entertainment memorabilia product portfolio management, including market research, range planning, supplier selection, product development, quality standards, inventory monitoring, launch schedules, licensing, and marketing coordination. Collaborates with Finance, Sales, Design, Operations, Legal, suppliers, and external partners to deliver innovative products aligned with business goals. Attends trade shows and may travel domestically and internationally for company and warehouse activities.

Executes social-first content and community strategies for Upper Deck’s trading card games. Creates gameplay videos, tutorials, livestreams, event coverage, and platform-native content; manages player engagement, user-generated content, creators, and community feedback. Collaborates with product, game design, organized play, and marketing teams while tracking performance, monitoring player sentiment, and optimizing campaigns to increase acquisition, engagement, retention, and participation.

Coordinates autograph, game-used equipment, and other talent assets for hockey trading card and memorabilia products. Manages purchase orders, payments, signing sessions, mailings, deadlines, and relationships with athletes, agents, teams, leagues, and external partners. The role requires frequent domestic and international travel, including weekends and holidays, often with limited notice, plus in-person signing event support and cross-functional project coordination.

Coordinate daily logistics operations, including shipment scheduling, transportation, delivery tracking, documentation, and issue resolution. Communicate with carriers, suppliers, customers, and internal teams to ensure efficient supply chain operations. Manage returns, damages, and delivery discrepancies while maintaining accurate records and compliance. The role requires strong problem-solving, communication, organization, and multitasking skills, plus familiarity with SAP, transportation management systems, warehouse management systems, and Microsoft Office.

Sources, selects, edits, crops, labels, scans, and organizes analog and digital images for print publications. Maintains sports and entertainment image databases, performs occasional color correction and archival review, supports photo shoots, tracks character lists and requested changes, and coordinates with creative and production teams. Requires strong Photoshop skills, attention to detail, communication, organization, and flexibility for production demands and local convention travel.

Provides financial analysis for portfolio products across development, production, and market release. Creates and maintains profit and loss forecasts, compares forecasts with actual results, explains variances, supports financial modeling and management decisions, contributes to annual and quarterly forecasting, develops the Annual Operating Plan, and distributes monthly margin reports.

Designs sports and entertainment trading cards, collectibles, packaging, catalogs, and solicitation materials. Develops creative recommendations for brand enhancements, product features, and new products; presents design solutions based on consumer, category, and manufacturing insights. Collaborates with lead designers, project managers, and cross-functional teams to meet project timelines while applying contemporary design trends and print and digital production knowledge.

Manages trading card brands and products from concept through launch, including business planning, product strategy, P&L analysis, licensing relationships, production schedules, market research, distribution, promotions, and marketing direction. Collaborates with product development, design, finance, sales, legal, and external partners to deliver profitable products and maintain launch timelines.

Performs advanced color correction and prepress production for trading cards and printed products. Manages RGB and CMYK workflows, color calibration, profiles, LUTs, reproduction curves, file integrity, and print accuracy. Maintains color-related SOPs, validates target colors, troubleshoots workflow issues, and supports lithographic pre-production. Collaborates with production leads, project managers, designers, and other departments while ensuring files meet print standards, specifications, tolerances, and quality requirements.

Entry-level finance specialist responsible for evaluating ecommerce transaction risk, managing chargebacks and disputes, analyzing large datasets for fraud trends, developing risk rules, and supporting internal controls. The role also maintains financial documentation, monitors tax permits and certifications, generates reports, and assists with accounting tasks. Candidates need a finance, accounting, economics, or quantitative degree, analytical skills, Excel proficiency, strong communication, and attention to confidentiality.

Part-time Talent Relations intern supporting assigned departments with projects involving sports and entertainment events, team partnerships, social media, and related activities. The role requires managing multiple tasks, communicating effectively, working independently and collaboratively, and contributing creative ideas to improve processes and events. Applicants gain practical experience while supporting varied company initiatives.

Creates and executes marketing and business designs for trading cards, collectibles, events, and announcements. Develops campaign assets for websites, email, social media, broadcast, connected TV, out-of-home, and print. Produces print-ready files, adapts layouts across placements, presents design recommendations, manages timelines, and collaborates with marketing and cross-functional teams. Requires strong Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator skills, motion graphics experience, organization, communication, and independent judgment.