Graphic Design, Prishtina, Kosovo, C4D, 11.5, Remote/Work from home

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Title of Consultancy: Graphic Designer Type of engagement: Local Consultant Duty Station: Prishtina / Kosovo / Home Based Contract Duration: 11.5 months

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The recent epidemiological developments for COVID-19 in Kosovo indicate evident signs of pandemic fatigue or demotivation to follow recommended protective practices. In response to this, UNICEF supports the development of evidence-based communication and community engagement interventions to promote and maintain key preventive practices for COVID-19 and ensure the acceptance and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. UNICEF utilizes a multi-channel communication approach, including traditional and social media (focusing mainly on Facebook as the main social media platform used in Kosovo), to proactively share information about COVID-19 prevention and to build public awareness and trust in the development and roll-out vaccination process.

UNICEF Kosovo has established a Communication Hub that includes a team of professionals with specialized expertise in strategic communication, social media, behavioral and social sciences as well as monitoring and evaluation. The Communication Hub is responsible for bringing together insights from social media listening and other data collection methods from the field, and to process and analyse them and develop tailored evidence-based communication campaigns as well as materials, products, and outreach activities with the aim to increase preventive practices and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Kosovo.

Scope of Work:

Under the direct supervision of the UNICEF Communication for Development Officer (C4D) and in close consultation with the Communication Hub team, the Graphic Designer will assist UNICEF Kosovo Office/Communication Hub in providing high quality and original graphic design services for social media posts, infographics, posters, presentations and other communication materials and products contributing to the social and behavior change communication for COVID-19 prevention and vaccination and to support the expansion of the visibility of the project “Communication and outreach in support of COVID-19 prevention and vaccination”.

The consultant will carry out the following duties and responsibilities:

• Design communication products as per the request of the UNICEF Kosovo/Communication Hub, such as specifically infographics, posters, banners, leaflets, social media posts, presentations and other products using graphic design tools such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkspace, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP
• Come up with concepts and creative ideation for the development of communication products as requested by UNICEF Kosovo/Communication Hub
• Show a clear and mature style of design with an understanding to implement official UNICEF guidelines, or that of UNICEF partners as requested by UNICEF Kosovo/Communication Hub
• Other aligned tasks, as requested by the supervisor

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone: Develop infographics on COVID-19 vaccines and prevention dedicated for social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter etc.) Deliverables/Outputs: # of infographics developed Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

Tasks/Milestone: Develop graphic designs for presenting official data on COVID-19 dedicated for social media accounts and (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter etc.) Deliverables/Outputs: # of graphic designs developed Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

Tasks/Milestone: Develop design for posters, leaflets, job aid and rollup banner, stand pop up banner on COVID-19 prevention and vaccination and other sub-topics Deliverables/Outputs:

# of designed posters, leaflets, rollup banner, stand pop up banner and job aid developed Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

Tasks/Milestone: Develop Viber stickers for promotion of COVID-19 vaccination and prevention Deliverables/Outputs: # of requested Viber stickers designs developed Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

Tasks/Milestone: Design of printing publications (research reports) Deliverables/Outputs: # of publications designed and ready for print Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

Tasks/Milestone: Develop design for social media posts in different formats (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.) Deliverables/Outputs: # of social media posts designed Timeline: March 2022– March 2023

****Minimum Qualifications required:**** - Completion of university degree in a relevant field such as graphics design or fine arts. - Fluency in English and local working languages of the duty station. - Two years of demonstrated progressive experience in graphics design.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Core Values/Commitment and Integrity
• Core Competencies/Communication and Drive for Results
• Functional Competencies / Analyzing, Applying Technical Expertise and Planning and Organizing