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.ย
Data and statistics are indispensable for devising evidence-based policies to achieve gender equality and womenโs empowerment, as well as for assessing impact of legislation and policies and promoting accountability.ย
In recent years, UN Women enhanced its efforts to collect, analyze and to visualize data on womenโs rights and issues through infographics, charts, maps, and graphs that present large amounts of information in ways that are universally understandable. Visual products such as infographics provide the opportunity to present information and data in a straightforward way and make it easy to interpret and spot patterns, trends, and correlations. These data visualizations are utilized at UN Women websites, in social media, and study reports, policy briefs and other materials as relevant.ย
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.ย
UN Women in Georgia is seeking a professional graphic designer with extensive data visualization experience to support UN Women in producing various data print and digital products.
The consultant will be reporting to communications analyst, and will be supported by the project assistant, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
The National consultant will be responsible to:ย
Work closely with UN Women Georgia Country office team to conceptualize and develop data based reports, presentations, graphics and infographics; Transform complex data and information derived from UN Women and other studies to a meaningful, user-friendly visualizations; Layout and design information and communication materials (reports, banners, posters, booklets, leaflets, books, calendars, bulletins, flyers, cards) for print and electronic distribution in social media platformsย in line with UN Women branding guidelines; Format the data to tell a specific story through data visualization and infographics; Deliver 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.ย Keep an archive of all the UN Women designs.ยUN Women will provide the edited text, data tables and photos for the products that the consultant will be asked to conceptualize / visualize and develop.
Consultantโs Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy. No travel is required. Consultant 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;
Note: the work will be reimbursed based on the submitted report accompanied with finalized deliverable(s) as requested, from the above list of deliverables.
Competencies:
Core Values:ย
Respect for Diversityย Integrityย ProfessionalismยCore Competencies:ย
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issuesย Accountabilityย Creative Problem Solvingย Effective Communicationย Inclusive Collaborationย Stakeholder Engagementย Leading by ExampleยPlease visit the link for more information on UN Women's Core Values and Competencies: ย https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Valuesย FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:ย
Technical credibility in data design Commitment to continuous improvementย Negotiationย Marketing ResearchRequired Qualifications:
Education and Certification:
Masterโs degree or equivalent in social sciences, humanities or a related field is required. Bachelorโs degree or equivalent in social sciences, visual arts and design or any relevant field with four (4) years of experienceย may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.Experience:
In case of Masterโs degree two years (in case of Bachelorโs degree four years) of progressively responsible work experience in the field of data visualization/information design is required; Excellent skills and experience with design programmes such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Avid, Final Cut Pro and other graphic design software; Proven experience in creating and editing visual content including infographics, animations, graphs, maps, presentations, etc. Please include at least two samples of your previous similar work. Proven experience of graphic production from start to published/printed product with knowledge of printing processes (offset and digital) and color management; Prior working experience on gender statistics is required.ย Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently.Languages:
Fluency in English and Georgian