CONSULTANCY 12 MONTHS: DESIGN LEAD (GIGA), BARCELONA, SPAIN AT SPAIN

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children.
To save their lives.
To defend their rights.
To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child...
nnovate UNICEF has a 70-year history of innovating for children.
We believe that new approaches, partnerships and technologies that support realizing children’s rights are critical to improving their lives.
The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF.
We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the start-up thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.
About Giga Launched in as a joint initiative between UNICEF and ITU, Giga has set the ambitious goal to connect every school in the world to the internet.
Half of the world’s population has no regular access to the Internet.
Millions of children leave school without any digital skills, making it much more difficult for them to thrive and contribute to local and global economies.
This has created a digital divide between those who are connected and those who are not, a divide that has become even wider during the Covid-19 pandemic.
UNICEF and ITU have therefore joined forces to create Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and address this new form of inequality.
Giga focuses on connecting schools so that children and young people have access to information, opportunity, and choice.
It also uses schools as anchor points for their surrounding communities.
if you connect the school, you can also connect local businesses and services.
This creates opportunities for service providers to generate revenue from paying users, making connectivity more sustainable.
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that a 10% increase in school connectivity can increase effective years of schooling by 0.
% and increase GDP per capita by 1.
%.
You can read more about Giga’s work at https://giga.
lobal/ and by following us on twitter @Gigaglobal How can you make a difference?  We seek a strong self-motivated and experienced designer who can work with a diverse interdisciplinary team to shape the visual identity of Giga’s products and services and amplify its ambitious goal of connecting every school, and every community to the Internet.
Our team takes large ideas and makes them a reality; being able to communicate complex and abstract ideas using visual, verbal and written language is crucial.
As the Design Lead, you will.
Key responsibilities include.
Lead a team of talented designers (UI/UX and graphic designers), providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the highest quality of design work across multiple projects and initiatives.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including product management, finance, marketing, and others to translate business goals and user needs into innovative design solutions.
Oversee the product design team in creating intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces and products.
Establish and maintain design standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency across Giga’s products and communication materials.
Work closely with communications and brand team members to ensure brand consistency and alignment across touchpoints.
Use design thinking or other processes to define and develop outputs that are innovative, solve real problems, and have an impact on business.
Collaborate with external partners such as agencies when necessary, ensuring alignment with our design vision and objectives.
Please access the full Term of Reference (ToRs) and read a more detailed description of the assignment in this file in order to prepare your financial proposal and know more about the role.
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