About Our Company

Lids Sports Group is the largest licensed sports retailer in North America, selling fan and fashion-oriented headwear and apparel across the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Australia. Operating out of Indianapolis, IN, our retail stores offer officially licensed headwear and apparel from collegiate and professional sports teams, plus top brands like Nike, New Era, Adidas, and Mitchell & Ness.

We currently operate 1,200 locations domestically and 50 internationally, including specialty concept stores for the NBA, NHL, Paris Saint-Germain, and MLB teams. In recent years, Lids has built partnerships with iconic global brands including Marvel, Playboy, and the Harlem Globetrotters, and gained ambassadors like Justin Jefferson, Quavo, and Josephine Skriver – creating a community for both sports fans and fashion lovers.

The company is currently expanding with the goal of becoming the largest licensed brick-and-mortar sports retailer across the globe.

Help Desk Technician – General Summary

Under general direction, performs a variety of computer systems administration and support tasks, including analyzing, constructing, documenting, testing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting of PC hardware, operating systems, software applications, peripherals, and point-of-sale devices for the entire organization. Performs a variety of project tasks and requires good written and oral communication skills with the ability to work with users diplomatically and skillfully. May interact with engineers, vendors, and/or applications development to restore service and/or identify and correct core problems.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide support to retail stores and corporate/field employees for IT and Point-of-sale equipment

Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve (in real-time) issues brought to the Helpdesk, using different diagnostic techniques

• Understand the processes and procedures used to conduct business in the retail industry so you can provide support across the corporate enterprise
• Provide prompt, thorough, and courteous solutions to the issues reported to the Help Desk
• Document issues in the ticketing system
• Communicate technical solutions to a non-technical workforce
• Complete and close the Help Desk tickets under your assignment in a timely manner
• Provide regular status updates to the Manager of IT Operations
• Hybrid schedule
• Evening/weekend availability

Job Required Knowledge, Skills and Education:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience providing Help Desk support to medium-sized companies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem solving and communication skills
• In-depth knowledge of computer systems, networking, and mobile device
• IT-related degree or a minimum of 3 years’ experience providing Help Desk support to medium-sized companies.
• Retail point-of-sale systems experience preferred.

In Order to be Successful in this Role:

In order to be successful in this role, candidates must excel in a fast-paced environment, have a positive mindset, and possess great communication skills (both written and verbal). Attention to detail is a must!

Physical/ Travel Requirements:

Performing the essential functions of this job, an employee must be able to meet the following physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger; handle; or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop; kneel; or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.

This position requires less than 5% travel

EEO Statement:

Hat World, Inc., Lids Holdings, Inc., dba Lids and subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local EEO laws. Hat World, Inc., prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on the individual's race or color, religion or creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, sex, pregnancy status, age, military status, disability, or any other protected characteristic or class protected by law. Hat World, Inc. provides reasonable accommodation for disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

Notice to Applicants:

In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you (“Personal Information”). The categories of Personal Information that we collect include your name, government issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future contract positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies.

Need accessibility assistance to apply?

Applicants who require accessibility assistance to submit an employment application, please email us at onboardingsupport@lids.com. A member of our Talent team will respond as soon as reasonably possible. This email address and is only for individuals seeking accommodation when applying for a career at Lids.