Support design elements of UN Women’s various flagship reports and KPs

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The Research and Data Section is looking for specific support for design related work for its various data projects and annual report – Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot. The volunteers are expected to support design work based on various gender datasets and geospatial data including infographics for our various knowledge products currently being produced ahead of HLPF and the SDG Summit in September. The data visuals and related knowledge products are expected to contribute to the dialogue around accelerating progress towards SDG 5 as well as mainstreaming gender across all of the SDGs.

We are looking for 2 Online Volunteers who under the guidance of Ginette Azcona (Senior Data and Policy Specialist, UN Women) will work in close collaboration with the Research and Data Section at UN Women in producing visuals and infographics on various gender issues using quantitative gender data to support UN Women’s mandate to accelerate progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world. The Online Volunteer will be responsible for: • Suggesting design ideas and creating mockups/wireframes for provided datasets • Creating infographics and data visualizations that appeal to a wide variety of stakeholders and help in communicating the key messages from data in a simple and accessible way • Producing maps using geospatial data • Creating draft design based on requirements provided by the supervisor and in accordance with UN Women guidelines

The design/layout should follow our corporate design guidelines which will be shared with the Online Volunteers in advance. All data provided for creating the design should be kept confidential.

Candidates should have professional experience in graphic design, preferably in data design and data storytelling and must have in-depth knowledge of graphic design applications, as well as good verbal and written communication skills.

A degree in graphic design or related field. Candidates who have specific expertise in working with large datasets are desirable.