[Hiring] Consultant - Graphic Designer and Desktop Publishing @Landscape Alliance

Role Description

The overall objective is to strengthen the quality, consistency, accessibility, and visibility of the GCF Knuckles Project’s knowledge products and communication outputs, ensuring that project evidence and results reach and are understood by their intended audiences.

Specific objectives include:

• Produce visually engaging, accurate, and brand-compliant designs and layouts for digital and print knowledge products, reports, and information materials.
• Ensure all outputs meet technical, accessibility, and donor-visibility specifications and are delivered as print-ready and web-ready files with editable source files.
• Support the maintenance of a coherent visual identity for the Project and ICRAF Sri Lanka across platforms and products.

Working arrangements:

• Work will be requested through short written task orders, each stating the product, purpose, audience, length or format, source materials, review points, and deadline.
• The Consultant will confirm acceptance and feasibility of the deadline within one (1) working day.
• Products vary in size and complexity; the scope, effort, and fee for each are agreed before work starts, using the unit rates in the Consultant’s financial proposal.

The Consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Layout and desktop publishing of long-form and short-form knowledge products, including technical reports, policy and practice briefs, manuals, training guides, factsheets, case studies, newsletters, and annual and progress reports, using Project and ICRAF templates.
• Design of communication and visibility materials, including brochures, flyers, posters, roll-up banners, backdrops, signage, certificates, event materials, presentation templates, and social media and web graphics.
• Data visualization and infographics: convert data, maps, results frameworks, value-chain and process diagrams into clear, accurate, and accessible graphics, working with content and GIS outputs supplied by technical staff.
• Brand and donor-visibility compliance: apply the ICRAF, Landscape Alliance, GCF, and MoALLI logos, themes, acknowledgements, and disclaimers correctly; maintain reusable templates and a simple brand and style kit; flag non-compliant requests.
• Digital accessibility: produce tagged, accessible PDFs (reading order, alt text, colour contrast, document properties) and web-optimised files, in line with WCAG 2.1 AA and PDF/UA principles as far as practicable.
• Multilingual layout: typeset in Sinhala and Tamil, ensuring correct Unicode fonts, text flow, and consistency across language versions.
• Multimedia support (as required): basic video editing, subtitling, and animated social media posts or short motion graphics.
• Pre-press and production: prepare print-ready files to the printer’s specifications (colour mode, theme, resolution, bleed, marks), check proofs, and advise the Project on paper, finishing, and file specifications. Procurement of printing remains with the Project.
• Asset management: organise and hand over source files, packaged fonts, links, and images using an agreed naming convention, with image credits and licence details recorded.
• Creative input: propose concepts and options, keep abreast of design trends, incorporate consolidated feedback, and manage multiple concurrent projects to deadline.
• Confidentiality: Consultant can only communicate or share any material or data transferred from the ICRAF or derived from them with the nominated staff member of ICRAF.
• Corporate standards and quality: Apply the latest Landscape Alliance brand, editorial guide, visual identity, templates, color palettes, digital/print publication standards to every deliverable.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in graphic design and desktop publishing.
• Strong understanding of brand compliance and digital accessibility standards.
• Ability to work with multilingual content.
• Experience in data visualization and infographics.

Requirements

• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in design software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite).
• Familiarity with WCAG 2.1 AA and PDF/UA principles.

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work on impactful projects.
• Collaborative work environment.