UNICEF Lebanon is looking for talented personnel to support conceptualizing, designing, and producing visually engaging short videos, reels, animations, infographics, and other creative assets that bring UNICEF’s programmes, advocacy messages, and youth initiatives across digital platforms.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to hope

The Content Creator Assistant will play a key role in enhancing UNICEF Lebanon’s and U-Report Lebanon’s digital visibility and engagement by producing compelling, high-quality, and audience-driven multimedia content. Under the supervision of the Communication Officer (Digital and Youth Engagement), the incumbent will take support conceptualizing, designing, and producing visually engaging short videos, reels, animations, infographics, and other creative assets that bring UNICEF’s programmes, advocacy messages, and youth initiatives across digital platforms. The Content Creator will actively use emerging digital and AI tools to elevate storytelling, improve production efficiency, and expand audience reach. The role focuses on hands-on creation, localization, and real-time content production for local and global campaigns, ensuring timely, brand-aligned, and impactful outputs. In addition, the incumbent will contribute to planning and coordination processes, ensure brand-consistent outputs, and keep the team informed of evolving digital trends, creative technologies, and communication innovations in the humanitarian and youth engagement fields.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the supervision of Communication Officer (Digital and Youth Engagement), the Content Creator Assistant will:

• Conceptualize, design, and produce creative, visually appealing, and platform-optimized multimedia content, including carousels, reels, stories, short videos, infographics, andanimations, for local and global digital campaigns that support communication, advocacy,
programmatic, donor and emergency response priorities) in alignment with UNICEF
• Lebanon and U-Report digital strategy and editorial calendar.
• Develop compelling storylines and scripts for videos, text on screen, subtitles,filmvideos/b-rolls and edit them and manage the full post-production process in alignment with UNICEF and U-Report guidelines and quality standards.
• Create video edits based on existing and new footage to highlight children’s experiences,human interest stories, and UNICEF programmes.
• Create youth-friendly content tailored for youth platforms (Instagram, TikTok, and U-Report), leveraging social media trends to amplify reach and engagement.
• Assist in writing creative concepts, presenting themes, and briefings for content creation.
• Adapt global campaigns social media assets to the local context, including UNICEF Lebanon and U-Report campaigns
• Collect photos and videos from field visits and live events to support real-time social media coverage including Instagram stories, piece-to-camera segments with key staff, and other content as needed (e.g., factographs, carousels).
• Enhance and refine designs and content co-created with youths, using photos and videos
captured by them.
• Manage digital asset archiving with systematic metadata tagging.
• Coordinate with the digital team to analyze content performance and growth metrics, and refine creative content to optimize reach and engagement.
• Explore innovative digital tools to enhance creativity, accessibility, and efficiency in content creation and update the team regularly with new trends and potentials to strengthen UNICEF’s digital presence.
• Continuously research new content formats and trends in youth and humanitarian communication and contribute creative ideas during editorial planning meetings to strengthen both UNICEF’s and U-Report’s digital presence.
• Support with graphic design tasks, including layout,banners, report templates, PowerPoint presentations and any other design assignments.
• Ensure content clearance, review and feedback with the supervisor.
• Assist in any other related tasks as required or assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum requirements:

  • Education:  Secondary degree. Bachelor's degree in Area(s) of specialization: Graphic Design, Videography, Multimedia production or any other Content Creation field is an added value.
  • Work Experience:

    • 2 years of work experience in creating digital content for various channels (including social media and/ or websites)

    • Strong video shooting and editing skills (Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, or similar).

    • Strong graphic design skills and Knowledge in one or more graphic design tools Adobe Creative suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, IndesignAI tools, and Canvais mandatory.

    • Excellent knowledge of social media platforms and emerging trends.

    • Strong creative writing skills in English and Arabic.

    • A strong eye for visual aesthetics and brand consistency.

    • Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver under tight deadlines.

  • Language Requirements: Fluency in Arabic and English is required. Knowledge of French or any other UN language is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:  

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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