UNDP Jobs - 90162- Long Term Agreement, National Consultant- Graphic

Long Term Agreement, National Consultant- Graphic Designer

Location :

Beirut, LEBANON

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

20-Feb-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

National Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

Arabic English French

Expected Duration of Assignment :

2 years, renewable for 1 additional year based on satisfactory performance and availability of funds

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

During Phase I of the Peace Building project, some 40 mid-career TV, radio and print reporters from different local media outlets undertook joint assignments in the field on civil peace and became better informed of how less “biased” language could be used in their reporting, particularly in times of conflict. The reporters wrote articles based on their experience and newly acquired knowledge that appeared in special publications produced by the Peace Building project. The publications were shared with local and international contacts.

Many parties expressed their interest in producing more of these publications. With the support of donors from Germany (through KfW), Japan, and the UK, the publication became known as The Peace Building in Lebanon News Supplement and addressed additional peace building issues. One early edition in particular dealt with the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon from a socio-economic perspective and contributed to conveying positive messages to both the host and the refugees' communities, garnering more support for the publication.

Building on the success of these supplements and their positive impact communicated through different people and institutions to UNDP, the project is willing to publish four supplements per year on civil peace related issues mainly on the impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon and which contribute to the alleviation of tensions that are developing in this regard and to foster a better social interaction between Lebanese and Syrians and a better social cohesion within Lebanese communities. As before, the project is working with a core group of journalists with whom the project has previously collaborated in previous issues in addition to new journalists, widening the network of journalists involved in a civil peace initiative.

These supplements will be published and distributed for free with Annahar, The Daily Star and L’Orient Le Jour newspapers to readers all over Lebanon, in addition to the wide dissemination on social media.

In this context, the services of a national graphic designer are required.

Duties and Responsibilities

The graphic designer will undertake of the following activities:

Design the layout of 3 to 4 joint news supplements per year in Arabic;
Adapt the ready-to-print Arabic version of the joint news supplements that will be published with Annahar;
Adapt the ready-to-print English version of the designed Arabic news supplements that will be published with The Daily Star;
Adapt the ready-to-print French version of the designed Arabic news supplements that will be published with L'Orient Le Jour.

The graphic designer will be also responsible of the following tasks:

Set up page layouts and composition of the news supplements;
Determine size and arrangements of illustrative material to be used for each supplement;
Review final layouts and suggest improvements;
Maintain archive of images, photos, or previous work products;
Produce quality work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines and expectations for creativity and accuracy;
Collaborate with the UNDP media coordinator to produce effective and accurate work;
Ensure that all materials included in the supplements are properly prepared for 4-color press outputs.
Conduct when and if necessary, field visits to printing houses/newspapers to check quality of work.

Competencies

Creative, flexible, deadline-oriented and have attention to details;
Proven inter-personal written and oral communication skills;
Ability to develop ideas from concept to completion;
Previous Experience in INEWS, Avid Interplay, Vegas, Windows and Mac OS, Adobe, quark express and Corel Draw, Word, Photoshop, HTML, Excel, Illustrator, InDesign, PowerPoint, Mactive.

Required Skills and Experience

The graphic designer shall have the following minimum requirements:

I. Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic design.

II. Technical experience:

Previous relevant experience in Graphic design;
Previous Experience in designing ready-to-print news supplements;
Previous experience with UNDP or other UN Agencies or National and International NGOs.

How to apply:
The consultancy is open for all national consultants who meet the selection criteria and propose a competitive fee. Interested consultants are requested to apply only through this UNDP jobs portal.
Submissions through any other media will not be considered.
The application must include all of the following documents:
1. P11,
2. Annex 3 (Offerors Letter),

3. Financial proposal,

4. Portfolio of previous works

All files shall be submitted in one single document and uploaded as word or PDF file to the UNDP job site.
It has been observed that bidders don’t submit all requested documents and thus reducing their chance to be selected for a contract with UNDP. before you submit your offer please revise that the application is complete and comprises all documents.
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