UN WOMEN Jobs - 90978- Junior Graphic Design Consultant

Junior Graphic Design Consultant

Advertised on behalf of

UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

10-Apr-20 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, the empowerment of women, and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world.

To support member states in implementing the 2030 Agenda, UN Women’s gender data programme ‘Making Every Woman and Girl Count’ (Women Count) aims to affect a radical shift in the availability, accessibility anduse of data and statistics on key aspects of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Women Count is a multi-year and multi-country programme of work, supported by global and regional activities linking normative and technical work on gender statistics at the global level to the regional and national levels.

Women Count is a global programme operating within the Research and Data section at UN Women HQ. Projects operate in three regions and 12 countries.

The Women Count programme at the HQ level develops regular knowledge products, supports the regional and country projects in their visual communications, and maintains the Women Count Data Hub, which produces gender data stories accompanied by data visualizations. Further, the programme develops social media assets to promote work on knowledge generation and programme results. In this context, the Women Count team at the Research and Data section seeks to enlist the services of a Graphic Design Consultant to support the Outreach Specialist in the production of visual assets, in line with both UN Women’s corporatebranding guidelines and Women Count’s branding guidelines, for use by the global programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Outreach Specialist, the Graphic Design Consultant will be responsible for:

Research and Data

Producing communications materials, including but not limited to designing and laying out reports, including the Women Count annual report and other publications using publication templates; flyers and brochures; posters and other physical banners, web banners, adverts, promotional materials; producing graphic charts and creating illustrations.
Developing social media assets in close communication with UN Women’s social media team, topromote the content produced by the Hub and other programme activities, including high-level events.
Creating templates for visual assets for adaptation and use by the global programme.
Reviewing and providing feedback on visuals produced by the project offices to ensure they meet Women Count’s branding guidelines.
Designing a quarterly newsletter for external stakeholders.
Developing data-oriented assets and if possible, interactive visualizations such as graphs, charts, timelines and maps, to be embedded in data stories.
Providing design support, when need, to the broader Research & Data Section.

Competencies

Integrity: Demonstrates consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.

Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrates an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.

Ethics and Values: Demonstrates / Safeguards Ethics and Integrity.

Working in Teams: Team player and facilitates teamwork.

Communicating Information and Ideas: Facilitates and encourages open communication in the team, communicates effectively.

Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating synergies through self-control. Conflict Management / Negotiates and Resolves Disagreement.

Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others.

Required Skills and Experience

Expertise in graphic design, design layout, illustration
Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe Photoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Illustrator, In Design
Education in Visual Communications, Graphic Design or related
At least 2 years of experience in visual communications, graphic design for web and for print, illustration
A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics (to be provided electronically)
Knowledge of typography, color and production
An eye for detail and latest visual design standards
Self-starter; organized; flexible and able to multitask and balance multiple responsibilities
Fluent in English
Experience in data visualization and information design is an asset
Experience working with the UN or a related large organization is an asset