Graphic Designer – Desktop Publishing of UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (MCSDCF) and Trinidad and Tobago Common Country Analysis (CCA)

Result of Service

Two professionally designed, publication-ready strategic documents — the UN Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and the Trinidad and Tobago 2025 Common Country Analysis — that effectively communicate the UN's strategic vision, analysis and programming priorities to government, development partners, the private sector, civil society and the public, and that champion the Sustainable Development Goals in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean.

Work Location

Home-based (Trinidad and Tobago)

Expected duration

2 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the UN Resident Coordinator and the direct supervision of the Development Coordination Officer, Economist, the contractor will:

• Design and lay out two (2) publication-ready reports - the MCSDCF and the Trinidad and Tobago 2025 CCA - converting the existing draft documents into professionally typeset publications.
• Develop a coherent and distinctive visual identity for each publication, in full compliance with UN branding guidelines, the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) visual identity, and the SDG colour palette and iconography.
• Design front and back covers, inside cover, title page, foreword/acknowledgements pages, table of contents, list of figures and tables, list of acronyms, chapter dividers, appendices and references sections.
• Establish a consistent system of typography, colour palette, paragraph and heading styles, callout boxes, pull quotes, footnotes, captions and page numbering across both publications.
• Redesign and redraw existing figures, charts, graphs, tables, maps and conceptual diagrams to a professional publication standard, ensuring data accuracy, clarity, accessibility and consistency with the visual identity. This includes (but is not limited to) bar charts, pie charts, bubble charts, radar/spider charts, line charts, dashboards, SDG snapshots, convergence maps, risk matrices, tables and infographics.
• Create new original infographics, data visualizations and conceptual illustrations where required to strengthen the communication of key messages and findings.
• Source, curate, edit and integrate high-quality photographs and visuals (including, where appropriate, from UN photo libraries and approved sources), ensuring proper licensing, attribution and cultural sensitivity to the Trinidad and Tobago and wider Caribbean context.
• Process all photographs and images for both screen and print (colour correction, cropping, resolution optimization).
• Format all references, footnotes, citations and bibliographies in a consistent style across each document.
• Prepare the publications for both digital distribution (interactive, accessible PDF with bookmarks, hyperlinks and a clickable table of contents) and high-resolution print production (CMY...