Web Designer

Result of Service- Completed project plan upon inception - Initial design and mock-up - Technical documentation and user manual - Progress reports with time sheets indicating the fulfilment/progress of requested tasks/activities - Final Sourcecode/Design/Images/Animations and all assets related to the web - Any other output as may be agreed upon with ESCWA

Work Location Beirut

Expected duration Expected duration of 2 months with the possibility of an extension

Duties and Responsibilities Under the overall guidance of the Chief, ICTS, and direct supervision by the team leader, applications Support and development, the web designer will perform the following tasks: - create the look, layout, and features of a website in attractive professional graphic design in an intuitive, user-friendly style and design collaterals; - develop frontend for websites using UN established standards for web development, IT technologies, programming languages and tools; - interpret user requirements and translate these into systems specifications; - analyze and advise on innovative web-based solutions; - prepare technical and user documentation for deployed website, application systems, as well as training materials and conducts technical presentations; - Maintain functional specifications for websites, programs and procedures developed and/or modified; - provide support for deployed websites including version management, data recovery and deployment; - organizes and performs unit and integrated testing, designing and utilizing test bases; - support digitization, visualization and development of infographics for various products. - trains staff on completed systems/applications.

Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualifications: A Bachelor's Degree in Digital Design, Graphic Design, Information Systems or any other related degree is required. Experience: Minimum of 14 years of experience in digital design in a multi-developer environment with extensive knowledge of web develpement (HTML, Cascading Style Sheet (CSS), and any JavaScript dialect/frameworks) is required.

The following skills are desirable:

- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite especially Photoshop and Illustrator - Experience with responsive design - extensive knowledge of and experience with cross browser web development for IE, Firefox, Safari and Chrome - Experience with Mobile design - Content management systems such as Drupal or Wordpress modules and taxonomies. - Experience with version control (GIT), - Knowledge in designing multilingual/localised websites Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of a second official United Nations language is an added advantage.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.