Senior Specialist – Creative Solutions (Graphic Design & Video Editor) At Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Background:

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a multi-stakeholder global partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and academic and knowledge institutions. It aims to address the challenges of building resilience into infrastructure systems and development associated with it. The vision, mission, goal, and objectives of the CDRI are explicitly linked to the post-2015 development agendas. The Coalition will also contribute to the resilience of the global infrastructure systems in an increasingly interconnected world. The outcome of such collaboration would be aimed at building resilient economies and resilient people through cross-sector commitments at all levels towards adaptation and resilience with concrete outcomes that will bring resilience action to global scale.

CDRI will support countries to upgrade their systems for ensuring disaster and climate resilience of existing and future infrastructure. It seeks to rapidly expand the development of and retrofit resilient infrastructure to respond to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) objectives of expanding universal access to basic services, enabling prosperity, and decent work. CDRI envisions enabling measurable reduction in infrastructure losses from disasters including extreme climate events.

The Government of India has established a Society in New Delhi to act as the Secretariat of CDRI. The Secretariat functions under the direction of the international Governing Council and implements the programs of CDRI. This position is being advertised for staff positions on Fixed Term Contract of three (3) years.

Role and Responsibilities:

Plan, research, create, develop, and execute quality art and design solutions for print and digital collaterals as a part of the Media & Communications team at CDRI. The role requires creative mind, storytelling skills, and generating original audio-visual content that is both informative and creatively attractive.

Graphic Designer

• Develop and edit layout, design, and style framework as per CDRI brand guidelines for digital and print collaterals.
• Research, conceptualize and design documents, reports, brochures, booklets, newsletters, presentations, and other related matter.
• Create branding material, web-based pages, GIFs, graphics/ infographics/ artwork (for social media and reports).
• Undertake image editing to upgrade and create multiple collaterals.
• Create interactive media assets – PDFs/Infographics, and other design material.
• Carry out animation in graphics.

Video Editor

• Capture, curate, and edit videos and other short form content from raw footages.
• Review, assemble, trim, re-work, and digitally splice videos & recorded footage segments to combine the sequences for a finished product.
• Input effects, graphics, animation, dialogues, music, and sound effects into the videos & video clips for visual appeal.
• Carry out improvement and correction – lighting, colouring, faulty footage.

Skills Set

• Demonstrable skills in Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro.
• Demonstrable skills with digital technology and editing software packages – Avid Media Composer, Lightworks, Premier, After Effects and Final Cut.
• Applied knowledge in principles of design and familiarity with special effects, 3D, and compositing.
• A keen eye for aesthetics and design.
• Experience in graphic designing & videos for disaster management, climate change, environment is preferable.
• Skills in CorelDraw is an asset.
• Be able to ideate and innovate.

Key Competencies

Technical and Analytical Skill

• Meticulous
• Timeliness
• Analytical & Problem Solving

Delivering Results

• Dependability
• Managing people & process
• Innovation & Resourcefulness

Engaging & Partnering (Interpersonal / Teamwork)

• Stakeholder Management
• Working Collaboratively
• Appreciate and encourage different culture context

Leadership

• Ability to see Big Picture
• Decision Making
• Inspires motivates & empowers others
• Team Management

Communication

• Willingness to listen and express dissenting views.
• Ability to clearly convey ideas and information.

Qualifications and experience:

• Post-Graduate qualification in relevant to the profile requirement with minimum 7 years of experience in graphic design and video production or editing.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English, both oral and written.
• Proficiency in International (UN) languages other than English will be an asset.