Terms of Reference: Illustrator (Individual Consultant) at Girl Effect

Scope of Work

We envision two rounds of content development. A first round where content will be drafted and tested with adolescent girls and young women and a second round where content will be refined for the final minimal viable prototype.

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop a set of fun, engaging and youthful illustrations that bring to life our digital / technology-based prototype concepts to life, including via basic wireframes.
• Illustrate concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type, style, and related aesthetic concepts.
• Use rough sketches/layouts for discussion and coordination with the Girl Effect team to further refine and prepare final designs for prototyping.
• Present drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders. Revise and iterate based on team feedback.
• Take part in brainstorming sessions and workshops with our creative team to draft, design and understand the insights from our prototype concept build and testing.
• Mobile and user-friendly for the technical context of our user.
• All our content should be viewable on low-end devices. Understanding the challenges of designing for low-bandwidth environments and low-end phones would be favourable.

Who You Are

• Experience creating illustrations for various media such as comics, storyboards, posters, etc. Bonus if you have experience creating illustrations for health campaigns.
• Ability to work in 2D and/or 3D to model out and create mock-ups for selected concepts.
• Ability to deliver a clear message in a simple, straightforward, and non-judgmental manner with a fun and youthful style.
• An effective communicator in Swahili and English.
• A fun and youthful - but authoritative - presentation style that will engage young people but also helps reassure them.
• Passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of young women and girls.
• Proven ability to be flexible within a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Experience in health-related content/Behavior change content production in the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Economic Empowerment would be a massive bonus.
• Basic safeguarding and digital safeguarding knowledge are a plus.