National Consultant / Graphic Designer (Retainer)

Background

Background/Context

UN Women Country Office in Georgia supports the government and civil society partners in fostering women’s empowerment and gender equality. UN Women focuses its activities on one overarching goal: to support the implementation of existing international commitments to advance gender equality at the national level.

In recent years, digital products have become one of the best ways to convey various information to a large and diverse audience on social media platforms. In the past 2-3 years, UN Women has begun using various visual                 products including infographics to convey the enormous amount of work that is being done on a local and global scale and to visualize the data that is available on women’s rights and issues. Visual products such as infographics provide the opportunity to present information and data in a straightforward way. They are being used on and disseminated through, for example, UN Women websites, social media, and advocacy reports.

UN Women plans to maximize its communication and outreach through targeted, diverse digital visual products such as: internet banners, infographics/data visualization, social media posters, animated visuals, and gifs for print and social media.

UN Women in Georgia is seeking a professional designer/data visualization specialist to support in producing various print and digital visualization products.

The consultant will be reporting to Communications and Outreach Specialist, and will be supported by UN Women programme staff, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Duties and Responsibilities

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

Working under the guidance of the Communication Analyst and in close collaboration with the UN Women programme staff, the consultant’s primary tasks may include the following, among others:

• Working closely with UN Women teams, conceptualize and develop animation videos, graphics and infographics;
• Suggest ways on how best to visualize specific data and information derived from UN Women studies and surveys;
• Ensure user-friendly formats, layout, and design and that all publications, reports and products are produced in line with UN Women graphic guidelines;
• Deliver creative and innovative ideas for print, electronic, web-based and animated products;
• Design and lay-out of design for various applications such as advertisements, brochures, reports and other communications products for print and electronic distribution:
• Translate data into graphic elements – infographics, factographs;
• Layout and design information and communication materials (banners, posters, booklets, leaflets, books, calendars, bulletins, flyers, cards);
• Create animations for illustrative purposes such as gifs, animated visuals and more advanced solutions;
• Designer should work at his/her place and thus should have all the necessary equipment and software (corel, photoshop, quark, adobe professional) for producing designs/layouts;

UN Women will provide the edited text, basic characteristics and photos for the products.

Deliverables:

• Develop product concept format/design/layout in line with UN Women branding guidelines;
• For each material, at least three versions of a draft designs submitted. UN Women selects one design out of the three suggested options;  
• Advice on final specifications for printing;
• Finalized electronic version of the particular product (full size and resized for web up to 2.5 kb) incorporating the inputs and feedback of UN Women;
• keep an archive of all the UN Women designs as well.
• Delivery of the print-ready version of the product to the printing house advised by UN Women and communication with the selected printer on all color separation/print related issues.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy.  

Competencies

Core Values: 

• Respect for Diversity 
• Integrity 
• Professionalism 

Core Competencies: 

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues 
• Accountability 
• Creative Problem Solving 
• Effective Communication 
• Inclusive Collaboration 
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Leading by Example 

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:  

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: 

• Technical credibility 
• Problem solving  
• teamwork 
• flexibility
• critical thinking 

Required Skills and Experience

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in  visual arts and design or any relevant field is required.

• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• In case of first-level university degree, two years of working experience in graphic design is required.
• Proved experience in info graphics, data visualization and digital design.

Languages:

• Fluency in Georgian and good knowledge of English is required.

How to Apply:

• Personal CV and  P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: )
• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
• Portfolio of the graphic design products

How to Submit the Application:

• Download and complete the UN Women Personal History Form (P11) – 
• Merge your UN Women Personal History Form (P11), CV and Motivation Letter into a single file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded;
• Click on the Job Title (job vacancy announcement);
• Click ‘Apply Now’ button, fill in necessary information on the first page, and then click ‘Submit Application’;
• Upload your application/single file as indicated above with the merged documents (underlined above);
• You will receive an automatic response to your email confirming receipt of your application by the system.

Notes:

• UN Women retains the right to contact references directly. Due to the large numbers of applications we receive, we are able to inform only the successful candidates about the outcome or status of the selection process.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.  All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.).