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Welsh Women’s Aid is the national umbrella organisation in Wales for third sector specialist services working to end domestic abuse, sexual violence and other forms of violence against women.

Our salaries and benefits

Culture

Our culture is one of mutual respect, creativity, innovation, and collaboration. Our approach is practical and we offer flexible arrangements and healthy work patterns to meet individual circumstances.

We give our employees room to grow as well. There are opportunities to work shadow other areas of the business, get involved in events, and gain additional skills.

Due to the nature of the work, this post is open to women only under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

We value diversity and are committed to ensuring that our organisation is an inclusive place to work. We encourage applications from women from all backgrounds and communities - applicants from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority backgrounds and people with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Our benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, the majority of our roles are able to access the following:

Flexible working: choose when you work – you can carry out your contracted hours between the hours of 7am – 7pm.

Hybrid working: choose where you work – from one of our offices, from home, or a mixture of the two.

Choose how you work: we trust our employees to use their own judgement, initiative and skills to deliver their roles, with access to support and guidance when needed.

Health & wellbeing:

• Contributions to optician check-ups.
• Access to a 24-hour employee support service, including access to in person/online counselling, legal & financial advice and other benefits.
• Clinical supervision sessions to support you in delivering your role.
• Regular team and whole organisation catch ups (virtual and in person) to get to know colleagues and access peer support.

Pension: 6% employer pension contribution following completion of a 6 month probation period.

Time off: 25 days annual leave allowance, plus bank holidays, plus Christmas Eve, as well as access to paid family leave and compassionate leave for when life doesn’t go to plan.

Animation Partner

• Project Title: “I Am A Survivor Too”
• Budget: £6,000 – £8,000 (inclusive of VO and Sound Design)
• Format: 2D Animation, Black & White / Grayscale
• Duration: Approx. 2.5 – 3 Minutes

Project Overview & Objective

The goal is to create a powerful, trauma-informed educational film for children of all ages and backgrounds. The film explains domestic abuse from a child’s perspective, validates their feelings, and introduces the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act, which legally recognizes children as victims in their own right.

Because we want every child to feel included, we have made the creative decision to produce this in Black and White. By removing skin tone and socioeconomic markers or other intersectional factors, we allow the “internal” emotional state of the characters to be within the child viewing the piece.

Visual Direction: “The Universal Sketchbook”

• Aesthetic: High-end 2D hand-drawn or textured digital animation. Think “sketchbook” or “charcoal” style—minimalist but deeply expressive.
• Characters: You will need to design a diverse cast of children using line-work, hair texture, and physical form (e.g., mobility aids) rather than colour to represent variety.
• Adults: Adults should remain “blurred,” “shadowed,” or “partial” (e.g., only seeing feet or hands) to keep it gender neutral and focus solely on the child’s experience.
• Environment: Minimalist. Use negative space (heavy blacks or stark whites) to emphasize feelings of isolation or overwhelm.

Tone & Sensitivity

• Mood: The film starts in a place of heavy, quiet tension and moves toward a unified, empowered conclusion.
• Safety: While we show “broken lamps” and “shouting,” the violence should be implied through metaphor (jagged lines, vibrating frames, heavy shadows) rather than being graphic. We need to educate without re-traumatizing.

Script & Visual Beats

The script follows a rhythmic structure of “Statement” followed by “Visual Reality.”

• The Internal Conflict: When the child mentions “pretending everything is fine,” we envision a striking visual of a child holding a simple “happy face” mask over a sorrowful, sketched face.
• The Empowerment: The final “I am a survivor too” must feel like a shift in power. All the children from the previous scenes should appear together—no longer isolated, but standing as a collective front with supportive adults around them.

Scope of Work

• Character Design & Storyboarding: Delivery of a diverse characters lineup and a full storyboard.
• Voiceover Management: Sourcing and recording 3-4 diverse child voices (authentic, not over-acted).
• Animation: Full 2D production with fluid, high-quality “ease-in/out” motion.
• Sound Design & Scoring: A custom or highly curated score. Sound can be really impactful here – muffled shouting, ticking clocks, heartbeat-like rhythms, and eventually, a clear, hopeful melody for the final slide.

Technical Requirements

• • Accessibility: Burned-in, clear sans-serif subtitles for hearing-impaired children/ Deaf/deaf children or those in noisy environments.
  • Bilingual: Video needs to be bi-lingual to be inclusive of Welsh speakers.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter to [email protected]

Closing date: 12pm; Monday 20th April 2026