Retainer Graphic and Digital Media Designer (three posts)

Contract

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Background

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 center 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. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Afghanistan is one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Afghan people are grappling with the impact of conflict, poverty, economic decline, and natural disasters. In this context, Afghan women and girls face unique vulnerabilities and require urgent support as gender inequality is interwoven with conflict dynamics and humanitarian needs. It is essential that Afghan women and girls can continue to shape the development of their country, and that their gains are protected. UN Women remains fully committed to supporting Afghan women and girls and to putting them at the center of the global response to the crisis in Afghanistan.

UN Women has been in Afghanistan for two decades. UN Women’s programming approach is informed by analysis of the political, economic, and humanitarian situation, risks to and capacities of partner organizations, and needs of Afghan women and girls. UN Women Afghanistan currently has five key priorities: (1) operationalizing programming priorities – Gender in Humanitarian Action, Ending Violence Against Women, Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Women, Peace, and Security; (2) increasing coordination around gender equality and women’s rights; (3) strengthening our field presence; (4) expanding thought leadership and (5) growing our advocacy and strategic partnerships.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits employ, 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.

Under the supervision of the Head of the Communications and Advocacy Unit at UN Women Afghanistan Country office, the graphic designers will be responsible for creating, implementing and dissemination of the graphic design for execution for both print and digital products compelling advocacy and communications assets and products, including audio visual concepts and assets, for campaigns, social media, website & publications, as needed.

Objective of the Assignment:

UN Women is seeking 3 graphic and digital media designers to illustrate and create multimedia content to support the implementation of the communications and advocacy plan. The designers will play a pivotal role in developing compelling

visual assets that will be used to promote UN Women's mission and initiatives to highlight the risks of the reversals on

the rights of Afghan women and girls as well as to support human centered stories of Afghan women.

Also all the work by the designers are belongs to UN Women and the designers are not allow to use those products for other agencies.

Duties and Responsibilities

The scope of work includes using datasets to design charts and ensure compelling data visualization for print and digital formats and accompanying social media assets; as well as creating innovative and compelling digital and print designs for campaigns and special events.

The graphic and digital designers will work closely with other members of the team.

Deliverables

Timelines

Concept notes of the overall digital campaigns look and feel, including mock visuals for three. content types/pillars:

• visual directions for 1080x1080 statistics based on reports/maps,
• visual directions for 1080x1080 quotes assets based on testimonials/audio interviews,
• visual directions for illustrations of on various women’s right/issues templates (in 1080x1080 and 1920x1080)

10 working days from the day when UN Women placed the request.

Social media assets for Twitter and Instagram

• 1080x1080 statistic assets (including an editable template)
• 1080x1080 quote assets (including an editable template)
• different 1080x1080 illustrated assets on various women’s right/issues templates.
• different 1600 x 900 Twitter optimized assets.

The images (output) should be max 3MB.

10 working days from the day when UN Women placed the request.

Data visualizations:

• based on reports/maps/statistics/data design graphics/infographics for social media dissemination.

10 working days from the day when UN Women placed the request.

Video Thumbnails / Web Banner (2 assets total):

• 1920x1080 versions of illustrated social media assets (to serve as a video thumbnail and web banner)

• 1080x1920 (vertical) version of one of the four illustrated assets (to serve as a thumbnail for

  IG Reels (please center the illustration along Y axis within the vertical version)

10 working days from the day when UN Women placed the request.

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: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

Functional Competencies

• Ability to create compelling visual graphic stories for print and digital media.
• Expertise in the use of professional graphic design tools.
• Understanding of gender equality & women’s empowerment concepts and to translate that into visual stories.
• Experience in creating charts, graphs, and other data visualization tools to effectively communicate complex information.
• Understanding of branding and the ability to apply branding guidelines across different media types.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines, and work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, work in a fast-paced environment, and respond quickly to feedback.
• Experience in creating video content, motion graphics, and animation would be a valuable addition to the designer's skillset.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, social sciences, graphic design or any related field of work.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of professional working experience in graphic design.
• At least 1 year of professional working experience in translating written content into visually compelling digital stories.
• Previous documented experience in visualizing women’s rights/women’s empowerment stories.
• Previous documented experience on visualizing Afghan women/Afghan women’s rights would be an asset.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in English is required
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.

Evaluation Criteria:

Individual consultants will be evaluated based on the following methodology: Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for the financial evaluation.

Criteria Weight Technical: 70% (70 points)

• Criteria 1: Minimum of 2 years of professional working experience in graphic design, including 1 year of professional working experience in translating written content into visually compelling digital stories. (50 points)

• Criteria 2: Previous documented experience in visualizing women’s rights/women’s empowerment stories. (10 points)

• Criteria 3: Previous documented experience on developing visuals on/in the Asia Pacific region

would be an asset. (10 points)

Financial: Lowest Financial Proposal: 30% (30 points)

The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

• Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combined score (financial and technical);
• The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula: (Lowest Bid Offered*)/ (Bid of the Consultant) x 30;
• 'Lowest Bid Offered' refers to the lowest price offered by Offerors scoring at least 49 points in the technical evaluation.

Application

Interested Individual Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:

• UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form-en.doc;
• Sample of creative work/portfolios/useful links.
• Financial proposal; Proposed inclusive daily rate.

The above-mentioned documents should be merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality, and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Inclusion Statement:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits employ, 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.)