UX/UI Designer

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: UX/UI Designer
UNIT/DIVISION: Private Partnerships and Fundraising (PSP) Org. Unit
DUTY STATION: Remote
CONTRACT TYPE: Short-Term, Regular Consultant I
DURATION: 11 months
LINE MANAGER/SUPERVISOR: Claudia Lopez Tena, Lead Product Manager ShareTheMeal

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. Around 20,000 people work for the organization, most of them in remote areas, directly serving the hungry poor. To reach a world with zero hunger, WFP is investing in and growing private sector fundraising and partnerships. Serving as a broker between WFP and the private sector, WFP's Private Partnerships and Fundraising Division (PSP) strives to mobilize funding, technical assistance, innovative solutions and visibility and awareness to help WFP fulfil its mission, while offering companies and the wider public the opportunity to contribute to a world with zero hunger.
ShareTheMeal is WFP's fundraising and awareness-raising app. Free to download, the award-winning app is a pioneering way for people to join our efforts in creating a world with zero hunger. ShareTheMeal was launched in 2015 as the first pilot of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, which among other things supports start-ups and innovators in developing their ideas for zero hunger.
ShareTheMeal currently has more than 9.3 million users worldwide, who have shared more than 160 million meals (US$ 100 million). WFP is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy for individual giving, and ShareTheMeal is a key driver for this strategy going forward. The team, located in Berlin and also remotely, is focused on increasing the funds raised to help get to zero hunger by further developing the app to include new and innovative features, increasing the engagement of existing users and growing the user base through marketing and communication initiatives. As the user base has grown, there is a significant opportunity to increase funds raised from existing users and deliver an exceptional experience to build a long-term relationship with each supporter.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
The Consultant, reporting to the Head of Product for the ShareTheMeal initiative, is expected to:
1. Lead, with the Head of Product and the Product Managers, the development of a state-of-the-art UX/UI:
■ Lead on designing user journeys based on the needs and the limitations of the users and of the context of use
■ Lead on the development of wireframes, prototypes, storyboards, user flows, animations and mockups of new/optimized features
■ Gather and validate business and end-user requirements
■ Prepare and iterate visual assets and pixel-perfect layout specifications for the native mobile apps and web, working hand in hand with our developers and QA
■ Ensure that usability principles and UX best practices are followed and define specifications for user interface behaviours
■ Test the designs with end users at different stages of the product development cycle and refine the interface based on the findings to minimize fixes and rework during development

■ Provide Quality Assurance on the correct implementation of interface designs and behaviours
2. Continue to develop and implement a strong visual identity for ShareTheMeal
3. Maintain strong coordination with the Communications, Advocacy and Marketing Division (CAM) and the Information Technology Division (TEC) on issues related to WFP's visual branding, Human- Centered Design, User Interface Guidelines, and other design & technology standards
4. Train and support junior designers in conducting user research on new concepts and ideas and 1:1 interviews with our donors to get better insights on how we can improve our products.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

• Ongoing development of UX/UI elements

• Cohesive visual identity in place across all channels

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Education

■ Bachelor's degree, Master's degree is preferred

Work history

■ At least 4 years of progressively responsible national or international

Technical expertise :

■4+ years of relevant experience researching, conceiving and designing world-class mobile UX and native Android and iOS UI; additional experience in responsive web design is a plus
■ Strong sense of visual design, deep knowledge of usability principles and relentless creative attitude that aspires to perfect user-centered design
■ Deep knowledge of your tools, e.g. Figma/Sketch, Illustrator, After
Effects, Zeplin, UX prototyping tool such as InVision

Soft skills

■ Bold, energetic, self-driven team player, with a passion for social issues
■ Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food
Programme
■ Highly organized with exceptional planning skills to deliver on
commitments
■ Ability to think creatively and strategically
■ Excellent communicator with ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across different cultures, disciplines and time zones
■ Motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive and sound working environment

Language(s)
■ Excellent command of spoken and written English
■ Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language would be a plus
(Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish).

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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