Application Guide

How to Apply for TOR HPV Guide Design & Publication Agency/Consultant

at Girleffect

🏢 About Girleffect

Girl Effect is a global nonprofit that uses media and technology to empower adolescent girls in developing countries. Their unique approach combines evidence-based content with creative design to drive social change, making it an inspiring place for designers who want their work to have real-world impact.

About This Role

This role involves leading the visual design and production of 9 HPV technical guidelines and a summary document, ensuring complex health content is accessible and engaging. Your work will directly support health practitioners and policymakers in delivering HPV prevention and care, making a tangible difference in global health.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve reviewing content drafts with the editorial team, sketching infographic concepts, and laying out pages in InDesign. You'll also run quality checks on parallel documents, update the style guide for consistency, and collaborate remotely with global stakeholders to ensure the guidelines meet local needs.

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🎯 Who Girleffect Is Looking For

  • A senior publication designer with 7-10+ years of experience, specifically in producing multi-document suites with consistent branding.
  • Someone who can handle copyediting and content refinement in-house, not just design, to ensure clarity and accuracy.
  • Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Figma, with a strong portfolio showing infographics and diagrams for technical content.
  • Experienced in running parallel design workflows for multiple documents simultaneously, meeting tight deadlines.

📝 Tips for Applying to Girleffect

1

Tailor your portfolio to include examples of technical guideline design or health-related publications, highlighting infographics and diagrams.

2

In your cover letter, explicitly mention your copyediting experience and provide an example of how you refined complex content.

3

Submit a sample design system or style guide you've created for a multi-document project to demonstrate your ability to ensure consistency.

4

Research Girl Effect's existing publications (e.g., TEGA reports) and reference their visual style in your application to show familiarity.

5

Address how you manage parallel design workflows, e.g., using project management tools or batch processing in InDesign.

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Emphasize your experience in designing technical guidelines for global health or development organizations.', 'Highlight your dual capability in design and copyediting, with specific metrics (e.g., number of documents produced, turnaround time).', "Show enthusiasm for Girl Effect's mission of empowering girls and how your design skills can amplify that impact.", 'Mention your proficiency with the required software and any experience with multilingual or accessible design.']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore Girl Effect's website and their published reports to understand their visual identity and tone.
  • → Read about their HPV programs or partnerships to understand the context of the guidelines.
  • → Look at their brand guidelines or style guides (if publicly available) to see how they maintain consistency.
  • → Review case studies of their past communication campaigns to see how design drives engagement.

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you approach creating a unified design system for 9+ documents with varying content types?
2 Describe a time you had to simplify complex technical content into a clear infographic or diagram.
3 How do you manage multiple design projects simultaneously while maintaining consistency?
4 What is your process for copyediting and ensuring accuracy in technical terms?
5 How would you ensure the final publications are accessible to low-literacy audiences or in low-resource settings?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Submitting a generic portfolio without health or technical publication examples; show relevance.
  • Ignoring the copyediting requirement – do not apply if you cannot handle both design and editing.
  • Not addressing the scale of the project (9 documents + summary) – demonstrate capacity for volume.

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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