Job Description

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.

The Division of Communications and Advocacy (DCA) leads UN Women’s global communications and advocacy efforts to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, strengthen the organization’s visibility and positioning, and engage audiences across digital, media and public-facing platforms. Within DCA, the Multimedia Team develops and delivers high-quality visual and multimedia content for UN Women’s corporate communications, campaigns, digital platforms and priority initiatives, while ensuring consistency with UN Women’s visual identity and accessibility standards.

Reporting to the Multimedia Team Lead, the Visual Communications Analyst supports the development and delivery of high-quality visual communications across UN Women’s social media channels, editorial products and corporate digital platforms. The position contributes to strengthening UN Women’s visual identity, audience engagement and user experience through graphic design, data visualization and user interface design.

The Visual Communications Analyst works closely with colleagues across DCA, including the multimedia, social media, editorial and digital teams, as well as communications, data, policy and programme colleagues across UN Women headquarters, regional and country offices. The incumbent also collaborates, as required, with external designers, developers, UX specialists and other service providers.

Plan and Design Social Media Visual Communication (40%)

• Provide social media-first graphic design (e.g. GIFs, infographics, illustrations, photo collages, quote cards, illustrated explainers) that are tailored to UN Women social media accounts (X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook). The designs should accurately reflect UN Women’s mandate and brand identity as well as those of special projects and initiatives.
• Develop and maintain social media asset templates from scratch for use on all UN Women social media channels including at regional and country level. Make templates available on Canva for localization.
• Work closely with the in-house photo editor and UN Women communications colleagues across the world to identify strong photos for use on social media. Edit and resize images and prepare quote cards and creative visuals that are tailored for UN Women corporate social media platforms.
• Work with the in-house social media video producer to guide and support the incorporation of graphic elements into social media videos and to ensure consistent expression of UN Women’s brand identity on social media videos.
• Collaborate in infographics, data cards, illustrated explainers, and other forms of data visualization and social media optimized knowledge products in liaison with data, policy and programme colleagues across the organization.
• Update and organize UN Women’s public Trello board for distribution of UN Women’s global social media content and packages.
• Follow design trends on social media and experiment with new approaches to keep UN Women’s social media visually interesting and engaging.
• Review and give feedback on delivered graphics of external vendors.

Coordinate Editorial design (20 %)

• Develop illustrations and layouts for high-priority organizational communication products.
• Apply UN Women branding and visual identity standards across design product.
• Update and edit products and designs.
• Create interactive infographics in Infogram.

Coordinate User Interface Design (40 %)

• Apply current user interface design principles across desktop, tablet and mobile for the UN Women website.
• Collaborate closely with the in-house editorial and digital teams to align design with content strategy and organizational goals.
• Collaborate with the digital and editorial teams and external UX specialists on user research and data collection, including interviews, surveys and analytics, to identify user needs and behaviours.
• Design and support usability testing and other UX testing methods to validate and refine design decisions.
• Develop wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity interface designs in Figma, applying responsive design and accessibility principles and ensuring efficient implementation.
• Collaborate closely with Drupal developers to ensure designs are technically feasible, accessible, consistent and maintainable within UN Women’s web ecosystem.
• Continuously improve the usability, accessibility and overall user experience of the UN Women website based on research and testing insights.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

Competencies:

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

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 Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Strong visual communication and graphic design skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear and engaging visual products.
• Strong understanding of digital and social media design principles and platform-specific visual requirements.
• Good knowledge of editorial design, typography, layout, visual hierarchy and branding.
• Good knowledge of UI/UX principles, responsive design and accessibility standards for digital platforms.
• Ability to create effective data visualizations, infographics and illustrated explainers.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with editorial, digital, multimedia, policy and programme colleagues and external service providers.
• Strong attention to detail, creativity and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively on gender equality and women’s rights issues.

V. Minimum Qualifications

Education and Certification:

Master’s degree or equivalent in graphic design, visual communication, digital design, interaction design, communications or another relevant field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Required Experience:

• At least 2 years of professional experience in visual communications, graphic design, digital design or a closely related field.
• Experience developing visual content for digital and social media platforms.
• Experience using professional graphic design and/or interface design tools.
• Experience in user interface design, including the development of wireframes, prototypes or responsive digital interfaces.

Desirable:

• Experience in editorial design, infographics and data visualization.
• Experience using Figma.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva and/or Infogram.
• Experience applying accessibility principles to digital design.
• Experience working with Drupal or another content management system.
• Experience working in an international, multicultural or UN environment.
• Knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

Portfolio:

• Applicants may be requested to submit a portfolio demonstrating relevant visual communication, digital design and/or UI design work.

Statements :

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

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

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.