QA Analyst I

VARSITY SPIRIT, A VARSITY BRANDS COMPANY - THE DRIVING FORCE IN SPIRIT ACROSS CHEER, DANCE, BAND AND YEARBOOK

For over 50 years, Varsity Spirit has been the leading global source for all things spirit, including cheerleading, dance team, performing arts and yearbook. Focused on safety, entertainment and traditional school leadership, Varsity Spirit’s 5,000+ employees are dedicated to celebrating school spirit. A leader in apparel innovation, educational camps, clinics, competitions, and yearbook, Varsity Spirit impacts more than a million athletes each year.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY

At Varsity Spirit, the safety and wellbeing of the young people we serve is of the utmost importance. Since our inception 50 years ago, we have been – and remain – steadfastly committed to doing our part to create a safe and positive environment for our participants’ physical, emotional, and social development, and promoting an environment free from abuse and misconduct. Varsity has a zero tolerance for abuse in its programs, events, and associated business activities. Varsity is committed to reporting all suspicions, allegations, and incidents of abuse in full accordance with local laws and reporting requirements. Learn more at Our Commitment to Safety - Varsity.com.

LOCATION: Remote (Memphis, TN, Dallas, TX areas preferred)

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Varsity Brands is building a modern, unified digital platform that powers the full experience of sport and spirit, enabling seamless workflows across product configuration, ordering, fulfillment, and customer engagement. Delivering high-quality software is foundational to this platform, requiring disciplined quality engineering practices that ensure reliability, usability, and performance across every release.

Within Varsity Spirit, the QA Analyst supports the Yearbook Technology team, which operates within a highly creative, "infinite-solutions" environment that supports the end-to-end Yearbook manufacturing lifecycle—from digital creation and customization through production readiness.

The QA Analyst helps ensure technology solutions meet quality standards while supporting flexible workflows that accommodate unique school-driven designs, seasonal production timelines, and manufacturing requirements. This role directly impacts the accuracy, reliability, and production readiness of content as it moves from digital platforms into physical production.

Impact of the Role

• Contributes to software quality through testing and validation activities

• Supports the delivery of reliable software releases by identifying and documenting defects

• Partners with Product, Engineering, and Design to deliver reliable customer experiences

• Builds foundational quality engineering skills while contributing to team objectives

• Helps ensure digital content and technology solutions are production-ready for Yearbook manufacturing

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Works collaboratively with an Agile product delivery team by participating in user story refinement, writing testing specifications, executing tests, and documenting software defects

• Assists in reviewing requirements, specifications, and technical design documents to understand testing requirements

• Creates test cases and assists in developing test plans under the guidance of experienced team members

• Develops and applies testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs

• Performs quality reviews of product specifications to identify gaps and testability concerns

• Supports successful deployment of products into the production environment through quality validation

• Performs thorough regression testing during regular release cycles

• Meets with software and product designers to determine quality assurance parameters

• Responds to requests from the design team and management

• Assists in analyzing business and technical requirements for testability

• Develops test data to support execution of assigned testing activities

• Executes functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing activities

• Identifies, documents, and validates software defects

• Verifies defect resolution and validates fixes prior to release

• Collaborates with Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers throughout Agile sprints

• Participates in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning and release readiness activities

• Contributes to continuous improvement of QA stan