Graphic Designer Consultant

Communication is a vital component of the UN Women Albania Country Office’s work, serving as a key tool for enhancing the visibility of successful initiatives, results, and programs, as well as for raising awareness on critical issues related to gender equality and women’s empowerment. Effective communication requires the development of high-quality and creative visual materials for both social media and print. To support these efforts, the UN Women Albania Country Office is seeking to hire a Graphic Designer Consultant. The selected individuals will be responsible for creating graphic images and GIFs, designing various knowledge products, and ensuring that all visual content produced by UN Women Albania and its implementing partners aligns with UN Women branding and visibility guidelines.

The Graphic Designer Consultant report directly to the Communication Officer.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the overall supervision of the UN Women Communications Officer and in collaboration with other communication team as well as project/programme managers, the National Graphic Designer Consultant is responsible for performing the following tasks:

• Conceptualize and develop graphics and infographics to communicate key achievements. The materials should be created for specific use on web and social media and should utilize branding, color and themes of UN Women.
• Conceptualize, design and layout high-quality innovative, creative, and attention-grabbing materials, for print, social media, and website, such as infographics, data cards, illustrated explainers, publications, illustrations, print and digital campaign and advocacy materials, promotion products and any other communications materials that require creative graphic design.
• Modify, review, and edit materials as required, in consultation with the relevant UN Women Albania Communication team.
• Prepare final media files for online distribution and print.
• Conduct quality control to ensure accurate and high-quality work.
• Manage time effectively to meet deadlines of submission for each assignment, ensuring that all materials are delivered on time and meet the specified quality standards.
• Work closely with the UN Women Albania Communication team to maintain consistency in design and messaging across all digital and print platforms.
• Adapt visual materials for multilingual use, ensuring that design integrity is maintained across different languages.

Required Skills and Experience:

Education and Certification:

• A first-level university degree in graphic design, communications, visual arts or any other related area is required.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in graphic design, and layout work.
• Proven track record of developing high-impact digital illustrations, visuals, or any other communication materials at national/regional or global level.
• Experience on branding and development of communications materials related to gender equality is an asset.
• Working experience with UN and/or other international organizations is an asset.

Languages:

• Proficient in written and oral English

Source: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=117466