Consultancy: Visual Design - Polio Unit, PD - NYHQ, Requisition# 507026

The overall objective of this role will be to provide design support, including but not limited to: team branding, product branding, user research for brand development, systems mapping, layout design, and information architecture. The designer will be responsible for creating and packaging branding and visual communication materials. These may include data and systems visuals, wireframes, presentations, infographics, and reports.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Background & Rationale

The goal of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is to complete the eradication and containment of all wild, vaccine-related and Sabin polioviruses, such that no child ever again suffers paralytic poliomyelitis. Launched in 1988 after the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate polio, the GPEI, along with its partners (UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control (CDC), Rotary, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(BMGF)), have helped countries to make huge progress in protecting the global population from this debilitating disease. As a result, global incidence of polio has decreased by 99% since GPEI’s foundation and an estimated 10 million people today are walking who would otherwise have been paralyzed by the disease. Now the task remains to tackle polio in its last few strongholds and get rid of the final 1% of polio cases.

Purpose

The overall objective of this role will be to provide design support, including but not limited to: team branding, product branding, user research for brand development, systems mapping, layout design, and information architecture.  The designer will be responsible for creating and packaging branding and visual communication materials.  These may include data and systems visuals, wireframes, presentations, infographics, and reports. 

This position will range from project support to owning projects and seeing them through to completion.  Due to the diversity of the role, the team is looking for a hybrid designer, who can ideally work across various devices and platforms. The ideal candidate will be a visual designer who has experience with complex systems and wireframes and who is able to toggle between several number of projects at the same time.

The audiences for these visuals with range from an internal UNICEF audience, GPEI and government partners, country offices, donors, and the public.

Expected results: (measurable results)

1. Lead the harmonization of the visual appearance of publications being produced by the polio unit.
2. Work closely with Polio Unit colleagues to understand and map visual design needs
3. Design visual communication materials based on that mapping. This may include infographics, presentations, reports, websites, wireframes, data visualizations, and system maps.
4. Manage pipeline of visual communication products, including conception, initial design, feedback, and completion.
5. Visual content will be produced for STOP trainings, the Polio data work, the polio program website, frontline worker training, security and access, Harvard KAP manual, IMB report, resource mobilization, and polio’s innovation and communication (media) work. 

Duty Station

Remote-based/ NYHQ 

Timeframe

Start date:     1 October 2017   

End date:  31 December 2017 

KEY SKILLS, TECHNICAL BACKGROUND, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• A first university degree (Bachelor's) or equivalent in a graphic design or graphic design-related field is the minimum requirement. An advanced university degree (Master's) in the field (s) identified above is considered an asset.
• At least 5 years experience in relevant field – ie. graphic design, interaction design, visual communication, media design, system design
• Proven experience in translating complex ideas into unified storytelling visuals
• Expertise with graphic design, infographic development, branding, data visualization, and/or web development
• Experience in print, digital, UX/UI design,
• Proven capability of working on a project from the concept to the final design package
• An ability to communicate complex, abstract concepts using both visual and written language.
• Ability to parse through large amounts of information in order to create simplified and clear designs.
• Strong knowledge of design platforms like Adobe Creative Suite, design techniques, software, data visualization.
• Self-starter and able to time-manage oneself
• Fluency in English
• Some web design and development experience preferred 

Additional Experience and Knowledge:

• Familiarity with open-source technology
• Familiarity with development/programming languages
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience creating visually appealing technical guidance pieces
• Ability to work in a team and in a diverse and rapidly-changing work environment 

To view our competency framework, please click here. 

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable).  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Remarks

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.