Research Specialist

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Turn your passion for collecting into a career at Collectors Universe. We're the leader in third-party authentication and grading services for high-value collectibles including trading cards (Professional Sports Authenticator), coins (Professional Coin Grading Services), video games (Wata), event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. If you’re a collectibles enthusiast, or if you want to help us in leading the global expansion of the collectibles market through our values of integrity, teamwork, and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

Summary:
Physically reviews, identifies and classifies sports and non-sports cards, tickets, packs, pins and coins for entry into the PSA specification database.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Identify sports cards and associated varieties (baseball, football, and all other major sports card releases)
  • Identify non-sports cards (vintage cards such as R145 Gum, Inc. Superman to Wacky Packs to modern releases like Pokémon and Yu-gi-oh)
  • Identify event tickets (sporting events, concerts)
  • Research by means of trade magazines, books and internet
  • Communicate effectively with other divisions
  • Communicate with manufacturers such as Topps, Upper Deck & Panini
  • Communicate with customer service and customers
  • Maintains and updates database

Competencies:
To perform the job successfully, each Research Specialist should demonstrate the following:

  • Firsthand knowledge of trading cards, tickets and other sports collectibles
  • Strong research and cataloging skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Effective problem-solving skills

Qualifications:
Research Specialists must be able to read, research and understand a variety of periodicals pertaining to the ticket, pack and trading card industry. Applicant must possess the skills needed to perform effective research on the web, standard catalogs and any other methods necessary to conclusively determine the release origins of a trading card, pack, or event ticket.

Education and/or Experience:
B.S. or B.A. degree in history or related field preferred; 1 to 3 years of experience in history or research. This field requires a firsthand knowledge of all types of sports cards, non-sports cards, event tickets and packs.
Language Skills:
Must be able to speak, read, write and correspond with co-workers and supervisors in person and via email.
Computer Skills:
Excel, Word, 10 Key, Company Software
Reasoning Ability:
As a Research Specialists, employee must be able to make decisions based on the data they have collected from different information sources, including Collectors Universe’s grading program. They must be able to give the year, manufacturer, name and/or description of card for the card to be graded.
Physical Demands:
Employee will spend most of their time seated at their desks. They will occasionally need to lift and move trays of cards varying from five to twenty pounds each.
Work Environment:
The work environment is typically very comfortable, quiet and clean. There is room to perform necessary duties and responsibilities.

About Collectors Universe 

Collectors Universe, Inc. is the leading provider of value-added services to the collectible’s markets. We authenticate and grade collectible coins, trading cards, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia through our subsidiaries, which include Professional Sports Authenticators (PSA), Professional Coin Grading Services (PCGS), Certified Coin Exchange (CCE), Wata, Collectors Corner, Set Registry, Collectors.com, and the Long Beach Expo collectibles trade show. Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated more than 80 million items. We employ over 1,000 people across our Santa Ana, CA headquarters, New Jersey, Hong Kong, Paris, Shanghai and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://www.collectorsuniverse.com. 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We believe that a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills will better service the diverse community of collectors we support.

If you require an accommodation to apply or interview with us due to a disability or special need, please email [email protected]. 

If you are based in California, you can read information for California residents linked here. 

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An Insider's view of Collectors

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

Work-life balance is the best here! Collectors really takes good care of every employee and makes sure that everyone here has great work-life balance.

Sun

Senior Software Engineer

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

Okta integrations for employee authentications for security / ease of use, building a robust server/hosting solution to allow our hosted service to expand, exporting our data to BigData while thinking ahead to allow for scaling and reliability, and Collectors Passport, which will provide a universal authentication platform for our customers/users.

Mark

Systems Engineer

What makes someone successful on your team?

If you are inquisitive, thorough and a problem-solver by nature, you will do great on our team!

Jon

Product Manager

How do you empower your team to be more creative?

I think the best way to empower teams is to present them with challenges and make sure they are set up with the right tools and knowledge to tackle those challenges.

Titapha

Engineering Manager

What is your vision for the company?

Tech first! Creating API's that will be a single source of truth for public/internal use. Moving to cloud where we see provides value. Automating testing and being highly confident on deployments. Leveraging ML & CV for helping in pricing, grading, and error checking.

Mike

Engineering Manager

What are Collectors Perks + Benefits

Collectors Benefits Overview

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

Vacation: All full-time employees are eligible for paid vacation

Holiday Pay: All regular, full-time employees are eligible for nine 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

Culture
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Mandated unconscious bias training
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Our flexible spending account lets you use pre-tax dollars to cover eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
You and your eligible dependents have the opportunity to enroll in a Dental Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan offered by Guardian.
Vision insurance
Vision coverage is offered as a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan.
Health insurance
We offer medical, dental and vision insurance coverage for eligible employees and pay a significant portion of the premium for employee coverage.
Life insurance
Collectors provides life Insurance to support your family members or other beneficiaries with financial protection and security.
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
This tax-deferred savings and retirement plan allows employees to contribute a percentage of their income to the Company’s 401(k) Plan’s investment funds.
401(K) matching
The company offers a match of 50% of up to 6%.
Company equity
Collectors offers stock options for a number of eligible roles
Performance bonus
Collectors offers performance bonuses for a number of eligible roles
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Paid parental leave includes 8 weeks of paid leave for the birthing-parent at 100% of pay and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents, including adoption and foster placement.
Family medical leave
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Floating holidays
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
The Commuter Spending Account can be used to cover qualified transit passes, vanpooling, payments for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle, and qualified parking costs. The parking and transi
Company-sponsored outings
Collectors has company-wide holiday parties and other team-specific events throughout the year
Relocation assistance
Meditation space
Mother's room
Professional Development Benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend

Additional Perks + Benefits

Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities.

One other notable benefit is Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

Collectors is constantly looking to update its benefits to meet the needs of our employees.

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