JOB DETAILS

For every child, education

The Product Designer will support the Digital Governance and Platforms Team to craft, evolve and enhance the front-end user experience of UNICEF’s Global Digital Web Platform through front-end UX/UI design development within its comprehensive design system.

How can you make a difference?

The Product Designer will enable UNICEF’s Digital Governance and Platforms Team to offer clear and engaging web products by crafting, adapting, and enhancing the features available on our web platform.

EXPECTED RESULTS (Measurable Results)

The Product Designer will tackle design specific tasks assigned and estimated during regular sprint planning sessions, in coordination with the Product Owner and Creative Lead, using our Agile Project Management Methodology. The primary work of this consultancy will be to create design specifications and documentation within the UNICEF.org Design System, which is an enterprise-level, component and symbol based Figma library.

The expected results will include the participation in Sprint Planning and Sprint Demo sessions, along with full demonstration of the design task, and proper handover in Figma with notations for Product, Design, and Development teams, as noted above.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Product Designer will participate in 6 Design Sprint Cycles, following the direction of the Product Manager, and planning from the global roadmap to:

• Oversee the master Design System file and documentation, assure its accuracy, and maintain it as the Design of Record for all front-end visual design reference, specifications, and handovers.

• Assure the accurate technical implementation of front-end design enhancements including the handover and user acceptance testing for front-end development.
• Provide clear documentation for Design System deliverables and proper handover of the projects within Figma and the global design system.

The Product Designer will consolidate and prepare a final working Figma file and library as a formal “Design System” to hand over for in-house use and management by UNICEF.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:

The Product Designer will attend Sprint Demo sessions, where they will fully demonstrate the tasks, and work completed, based on user stories from the Product Owner and Creative Lead. All sessions are held remotely.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

A professional and educational background or related to design (graphic, web, product, user experience) including:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in design (graphic, web, product, user experience) or related fields.
• An unrelated Bachelor’s Degree with an additional two years of relevant work experience as outlined below, may also be considered with sufficient demonstrable professional experience in UX/UI fields.

• 5 Years or more of relevant professional experience in design (graphic, web, product, user experience).
• A strong digital portfolio demonstrating user experience and user interface design.
• Working knowledge of data visualization and implementing Infographics.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

The ability to use and work with product design tools, including:

• Expert knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop).
• Expert knowledge in Figma and Sketch, especially knowledge of an atomic design based system and working with comprehensive library of symbols.
• Experience working directly with an Enterprise level Design System, with Figma and Drupal system specific experience as an asset.
• Fundamental understanding of CSS, and ability to deliver designs that are feasible in CSS.

• Strong documentation and presentation skills, especially when it comes to handover for technical implementation.
• Experience working with Infogram (or similar tools such as Tableau) for creating embeddable and interactive graphics is considered as an asset.
• Working knowledge of Drupal, or other component-based enterprise content management systems.

• Working knowledge of W3A Accessibility Standards.

The ability to work in a global, international environment, including:

• Experience working on multilingual sites.

• Experience working in developing countries and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.