Graphic Design and Illustrator at UN-Habitat

Duties and Responsibilities

• The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The World Urban Forum Coordination Office is located within the External Relations Strategy Knowledge and Innovation Division (ERSKI) of UN-Habitat. One of the Division’s key mandates is to promote strategic alliances to support achievement of the goals of adequate shelter for all, and sustainable urbanization and human settlements development. The World Urban Forum (WUF) is UN-Habitat’s key stakeholder flagship platform.
• The WUF is a non-legislative technical forum convened by the UN-Habitat biannually since 2002. The forum gathers a wide range of experts from every walk of life. Participants of the forum include but are not limited to national, regional, and local governments, non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, professional, research institutions and academia, professional, private sector, development finance institutions, foundations, media, United Nations organizations and other international agencies. The WUF is recognized as the foremost global arena for interaction among policymakers, local government leaders, non-governmental organizations, and expert practitioners in the field of sustainable urban development and human settlements. The WUF has been identified as a key platform to support implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted at the Habitat III conference. The WUF provides opportunities for stakeholder organizations of all kinds to come together to share the latest in innovative advances in sustainable urban development and projects showcasing the implementation of the NUA.

Objective of the Consultancy

• One of the key steps being taken to increase partner engagement and promote UN-Habitat’s work is to revamp its communication with a wider range of non-traditional partners by creating a WUF12 specific logo and language, in alignment to the WUF universal logo, that will enhance the recognition of the WUF brand within the upcoming 12th Session of the WUF and bring UN-Habitat to a strategic place as the focal point for sustainable urbanization and human settlements.
• To achieve the above, the WUF Coordination office seeks a Graphic Design consultant to create an innovative, dynamic, and compelling brand for WUF12 that reflects the ambitions of the agency vis-à-vis the mandate of the World Urban Forum. The consultant will be working under the guidance of the Head of Production.

Specific Assignments

• Undertake innovative and creative design processes.
• Produce implementable designs for logos and branding in alignment to the WUF universal branding.
• Design the WUF12 branding concept in close collaboration with the WUF12 host country design team.
• Create templates and graphic elements for adaptation and use by the WUF office.
• Participate in defining tasks, strategies and activities related to logo development and application with project managers.
• Advise and demonstrate on the capabilities of incorporating future WUF host city branding needs with the proposed WUF logo.
• Work with UN-Habitat design team to implement WUF12 branding across all media.

Qualifications/special skills

• Bachelor’s degree in visual communications, graphic design, or related field is required.
• At least 5 years of experience in visual communications, graphic design for web and for print, illustration is required

Languages

• Fluency in English is required.