Games Workshop, the UK firm behind the Warhammer 40,000 sci-fi setting and tabletop miniature game, is recruiting a new “brand assurance representative” who will ensure licensed animations and interactive projects respect the source material. It’s not clear if the listing aims to fill a vacant post, or is a new role that will enable the firm to handle more and bigger licensing partnerships.
Games Workshop maintains a very broad range of licensing partnerships, from the negotiations around the Warhammer 40k Henry Cavill film and TV deal, down to obscure merchandise like Warhammer 40k scented candles. The new role will specifically handle “animation and interactive” projects, and the role description puts special emphasis on “animation development and production”.
Games Workshop does not list a specific salary for the role. You can apply via the Games Workshop careers website until 7pm ET / 4pm PT / midnight BST on October 27. The firm advertised a very similar role back in August 2023.
The new role looks like a perfect fit for Warhammer lore fanatics. According to the listing, the successful candidate needs “a strong Warhammer knowledge base”, and “an instinct for when a design, sound, image, or action fits into the wider Warhammer setting”, plus a willingness to research minutiae.
As Warhammer 40k is by far the largest GW IP, we imagine an intimate knowledge of the Warhammer 40k factions will be a big help, though it is possible the post-holder will be oversee projects tied to Age of Sigmar or The Old World.
GW takes the presentation of its brand in other media very seriously. An IGN interview with Saber Interactive’s Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits revealed that, during the development of Space Marine 2, the firm received notes from GW on everything right down to the Space Marines’ ankle armor. GW regularly lists protecting its IP as a top business risk in its annual reports.
Because Games Workshop’s inner organization is opaque, we don’t know exactly how it manages its in-house animation projects via Warhammer TV – it’s possible it’s an arm’s length arrangement, and this brand assurance rep might be involved with commissioning more of them. Then again, maybe GW is entertaining more projects like the Space Marine 2 episode of the Secret Level animation anthology which was revealed last month.
Source: Wargamer
