Consultant - Visual Communication Designer

The main objective of the learning designer is to create effective, engaging, and accessible online and blended learning experiences that help learners acquire specific competencies. The role focuses on assessing learner needs, designing competency-based curricula and experiences, and developing content and e-learning material/products in collaboration with subject matter experts.

Summary of responsibilities

The main objective is to design visual communication materials, including of graphics and infographics. The consultant will design and develop carousels for social media highlighting the central role of healthy soil, design the layout of the co-authored knowledge products, and design communication materials for high-level events promoting soil health, including the table cards. Design slide decks and social media cards for UNCCD and UNFCCC COPs along with webinar flyers, and other graphics and design.

The scope of this assignment is to design and develop high-quality, visually engaging communication materials, including graphics, infographics, and digital content, to raise awareness, communicate scientific evidence, and promote the central role of healthy soil in sustainable food systems, climate action, biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem restoration.

The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Social Media Content: Design visually compelling social media carousels, graphics, and communication cards that highlight the importance of soil health, translate scientific evidence into accessible messages, and support outreach and advocacy campaigns. 
  

• Knowledge Products: Develop professional layouts and visual designs for co-authored knowledge products and other communication materials, ensuring consistency in branding and effective presentation of key messages.
  

• High-Level Events: Design communication and promotional materials for high-level events, including event branding, infographics, table cards, and other visual assets that support engagement and advocacy on soil health.
  

• Global Policy Engagement: Develop presentation slide decks, social media cards, and other communication materials to support engagement at major international events, particularly the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the Parties (COPs).
  

• Webinars and Outreach: Design promotional flyers, digital invitations, webinar graphics, and other visual materials to support knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement, and communication campaigns.
  

Deliverables/Outputs

High-Level Events: Design promotional materials to support high-level events and advocacy on soil health.