Content Creator/Illustrator

Vaccine Awareness Campaign for Kids – Content Creator/Illustrator producing a children comics booklet on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination

ToR – May 2022

Description

With the aim of spreading awareness among children in local communities in Lebanon on the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19, Oxfam in Lebanon is hiring a content creator/illustrator to develop and illustrate a comics story booklet for kids in Lebanon aged between 5 and 10 years old who are eligible to get vaccinated. This comic story will be printed and distributed, as well as read live later at a launching event for children, where around 100 kids in each Beqaa and Tripoli will be hosted in selected venues.

The comic booklet would be around a maximum of 20 pages, presenting a simple story of a guy and a girl (with gender neutral figures) who want to take the vaccine, encouraging both refugee and host community kids in Lebanon to take the vaccine in a creative and kids-friendly way, that can directly speak to their own language and needs and be understandable to them

Objective

Oxfam is looking to

• Produce a comic story booklet for kids in Lebanon, of around 20 pages, that focuses on encouraging and empowering kids in Lebanon (both refugees and host communities) to take the COVID-19 vaccine
• Develop the content of the booklet, and have it illustrated and designed creatively and in the best way that speaks to kids to encourage them on getting vaccinated

Through producing a children comics booklet on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination, the purpose is to:

• Raise awareness among kids in Lebanon in general around the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
• Increase the knowledge of the local community of kids who may read the comics and their parents on the possibility of vaccinating children in Lebanon and how that boosts the immunity of the kids at schools and within local communities, and protects them.
• Provide a material that is children- and kids-friendly, that can directly speak to their own language and needs and be understandable to them.
• Reach a wider audience, first through hosting a maximum of 100 kids accompanied by their parents in each the Beqaa and Tripoli, and second through reaching around 2,000 kids online by spreading the news on social media and through our partners.

Format

The booklet is in the format of illustrated comic stories for kids, where interactive illustrations of and conversations between boys and girls are featured lively, colorfully, and through approaches appealing to the kids around the importance of getting vaccinated, in settings that are kids-oriented (schools, playgrounds, neighborhoods, etc.). The stories will highlight kids actively engaging and encouraged on taking the COVID-19 vaccine, as summer approaches and kids gatherings increase.

Job Description

The consultant will:

• Develop a comprehensive action plan and timeline for production in collaboration with Oxfam
• Develop the concept and the script in collaboration with Oxfam
• Provide the design and illustration of the booklet
• Edit and produce the booklet (rounds of edits based on Oxfam’s feedback)
• Provide rounds of edits as requested by Oxfam
• Follow Oxfam and donor's guidelines (which will be made available by Oxfam)

Oxfam will:

• Support in ideation for scriptwriting, identifying characters, and clarifying context and settings
• Approve the action plan and timeline
• Provide rounds of feedback and approve the final product

Qualifications

• Availability to start early June
• Design, illustration, scriptwriting, and editing skills and experience
• Experience in ideation and content creation
• Familiarity with the context (refugee kids in the Beqaa and Tripoli and raising awareness on the importance of getting vaccinated)
• Previous experience working with I/NGOs in Lebanon
• Working languages: English and Arabic
• Excellent coordination and communication skills, flexible attitude, and respect for deadlines

Timeline:

Start date: around mid-June

End date: around end of July

Detailed timeline to be agreed upon with the consultant