UN Women Opens Call for Multimedia Producer (International Consultant,Fully Home-Based): Apply by 28 November 2025
UN Women has announced an opportunity for experienced creatives to join its global mission to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The organization is recruiting a Multimedia Producer (Retainer Consultant) to support communication and advocacy under the EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Programme.
This home-based, part-time consultancy is ideal for a seasoned multimedia professional who can translate complex ideas into visually compelling storytelling aligned with UN Women’s values.
Application Deadline: 28 November 2025
Job ID: 30286
Contract Duration: 1 year (approximately 200 working days)
Consultancy Type: Individual, home-based
About UN Women and the EmPower Programme
UN Women is grounded in the principles of equality, dignity, and human rights as set out in the UN Charter. The organization works globally to eliminate discrimination against women and girls, promote women’s empowerment, and ensure gender equality across development, peace and security, humanitarian action, and climate resilience.
Across Asia and the Pacific, climate change is dramatically reshaping lives and livelihoods. Women are disproportionately affected—facing heightened vulnerability due to persistent inequalities in access to resources, technology, finance, and decision-making spaces. Low-carbon technologies hold immense potential to support women’s productivity, reduce time burdens, and build climate-resilient communities. However, structural barriers often prevent women from benefitting from these innovations.
To confront these challenges, UN Women and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) jointly implement the EmPower Programme, which focuses on:
- Strengthening women’s leadership in climate action
- Enhancing access to low-carbon technologies and financing
- Promoting gender-responsive climate policies
- Raising awareness through strategic communication and storytelling
Strategic communication plays a critical role in ensuring women’s voices, knowledge, and leadership remain visible and influential in climate dialogue at national, regional, and global levels. To support this mandate, a Multimedia Producer is needed to develop high-impact, accessible content that amplifies gender-climate narratives.
Role Overview
The Multimedia Producer will conceptualize, design, and produce a wide range of multimedia outputs that communicate UN Women’s strategic messages on climate resilience and gender equality. The consultant will work under the supervision of the Programme Coordination for Gender and Climate Change, with additional contract and payment support from the Social Media and Programme Visibility Consultant.
This role requires a strong creative vision, technical proficiency, an understanding of inclusive communication, and the ability to communicate nuanced issues through compelling visual storytelling.
Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities
The consultant will oversee the full content production process—from concept to final delivery—ensuring alignment with UN Women’s communication standards and accessibility requirements.
Primary Responsibilities
- Review relevant background materials, including programme documents, reports, briefs, branding guidelines, and accessibility frameworks.
- Develop creative concepts and visual treatments that align with key messages, audiences, and communication goals.
- Prepare distribution and promotion plans, recommending platforms, tailoring formats for different channels, and proposing indicators for monitoring reach and performance.
- Produce high-quality multimedia content, such as:
- Live-action videos
- Animations
- Mixed-media storytelling
- Illustrations and graphic materials
- Integrate essential accessibility features, including:
- Subtitles
- Narration
- Sign-language interpretation
- Clear visual design
- UN Women branding and ethical communication standards
- Ensure all outputs are inclusive, reflecting gender equality principles, disability-inclusive communication, and representational diversity.
Consultancy Conditions
- Contract type: Retainer—work is commissioned as needed throughout the contract year.
- Estimated workload: 200 working days.
- Location: Fully home-based.
- Travel: Not required unless specified later.
The consultant must be available on a flexible basis to support communication needs in alignment with the programme’s timeline.
Required Competencies
Core Values
- Respect for diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
Core Competencies
- Gender awareness and sensitivity
- Accountability and effective communication
- Creative problem solving
- Inclusive collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Leading by example
Functional Competencies
- Expertise in multimedia production across concept development, scripting, filming, editing, and post-production
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Strong visual storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues
- Familiarity with accessibility best practices and social media formats
- Strong analytical and project management abilities
- Excellent written and spoken English
Qualifications
Education
- Master’s degree in graphic design, visual arts, animation, computer graphics, or a related field
- A bachelor’s degree plus two additional years of experience may substitute for a master’s degree
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in multimedia production (video, photography, motion graphics, animation)
- Demonstrated ability to produce gender-responsive and inclusive content
- Experience in development, humanitarian, climate, gender equality, or human rights storytelling
Languages
- Fluency in English required
Note: Shortlisted candidates must submit samples of previous work.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should apply online via UN Women’s recruitment portal before 28 November 2025, 08:31 AM. This consultancy offers an opportunity to contribute powerful visuals and narratives to a global movement advancing women’s climate leadership.
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