About the Job
Games Workshop has an exciting opportunity for an Art Commissioner to join the Black Library Art and Design team, where you will work with freelance artists to source and deliver the best quality artwork for Black Library’s bestselling and award-winning range of novels, illustrated editions, art books and more!
Passionate about the Warhammer IP and with a strong eye for detail, you will understand the fundamentals of what makes a good piece of art to source and deliver the best quality artwork in line with Black Library’s publishing schedule.
Highly collaborative and articulate, this role will see you working with a wide pool of freelance artists, where you will be responsible for scheduling, overseeing and guiding the creation of captivating commercial solutions for a variety of projects, including novel cover art.
You will understand the importance of maintaining in depth IP knowledge as we’ll look to you to be diligent in ensuring visual consistency with the Warhammer IP on all projects.
You will thrive under pressure, continuously generating unique and exciting ideas and developing creative, engaging and thorough artwork briefs.
You will actively seek feedback on all projects from relevant teams, and deliver thorough and timely feedback to freelance artists in order to deliver the best quality artwork for Black Library.
Resilient and highly organised, we’ll see you plan and deliver a busy schedule of work as you proactively manage projects to ensure all projects are delivered on time and that Black Library’s high quality standards are met.
Working at Games Workshop
At Games Workshop we are looking for people who will do their best to understand the needs of the company and to put those needs first when they are at work. Because of this we believe that what you are like, hence the attitude you show to work and the way you choose to behave is even more important than your skills and experience.
The Warhammer World site is based just outside of Nottingham city centre and benefits from a nearby tram stop and free onsite car parking.
In return for your hard work, you will receive 33 days holiday per year (including public holidays), matching contributory pension scheme up to 7.5%, profit share bonus (subject to GW meeting profit targets) and option to join our Share Save scheme. Oh and let’s not forget, a staff discount of between 25% and 50% on our products!
Other Essential Information
Location: This role is based full time onsite at our UK headquarters in Nottingham.
Closing date: The closing date for applications is midnight, UK time, on Sunday 24th May 2026.
How to Apply
To apply, please send us a letter or a video telling us why you want this job. This is a great opportunity for you to let us know that you understand what we are looking for.
Please include an up-to-date CV to support your application. When you’re ready, please click apply, below.
