Brand Editorial Manager (Trading Cards)

Location: Santa Ana, California, United States

Salary: $110,891–$180,035 per year, with potential eligibility for bonuses, commissions, or other compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides grading, authentication, vaulting, and marketplace services for collectibles, including trading cards, autographs, comic books, coins, video games, tickets, and memorabilia.

What you will do

• Own a digital editorial program covering sports cards, Pokémon, ONE PIECE, and future collecting categories.
• Manage the publishing calendar and identify releases, players, characters, sets, and collecting stories requiring coverage.
• Research sets, checklists, parallels, print runs, release histories, player and character catalogs, and related card attributes.
• Evaluate card significance across scarcity, design, historical importance, player or character relevance, and collector interest.
• Develop clear, credible content and evaluation frameworks for experienced and new hirify.global.
• Lead editorial reviews, coordinate with cross-functional teams, manage publication workflows, and use performance data to improve the editorial product.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in trading cards, especially sports cards and major TCG categories such as Pokémon and ONE PIECE.
• Strong understanding of sets, products, parallels, inserts, rarity structures, rookie cards, autographs, and memorabilia cards.
• Experience researching complex or incomplete information and identifying reliable sources or interpretations.
• Strong editorial judgment, attention to detail, organizational skills, and project management ability.
• Ability to manage debate among knowledgeable stakeholders and operate effectively in an ambiguous, fast-scaling environment.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; hirify.global uses e-Verify.

Nice to have

• Writing, editing, or publishing experience.
• Professional experience in the collectibles industry.
• Significant demonstrated expertise as a collector.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• Fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits.
• 401(k) matching plan and flexible paid time off for salaried employees.
• Ten company-paid holidays for regular full-time employees.
• Employee discounts on select grading services and flexible scheduling options.
• Team celebrations, holiday events, and team-building activities.

Hiring process

• Video interviews require candidates to keep their cameras on; some interview steps may take place by phone.
• Final-stage candidates may be asked to participate in an onsite interview.