Vacancy title:
Exhibition Design Expert Consultant

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
UN-Habitat

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, September 4 2025

Duty Station:
kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, August 16 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibility

• The consultant will conceptualize, design, and oversee the production and setup of the UN-Habitat Pavilion at WUF13, the UN-Habitat shop, and contribute to the design of new integrated spaces as required. Provide branding support and create modular WUF activation booths for key events leading up to WUF13.

Specific assignments

•  Ensure that all work produced follows the highest sustainability standards within the industry.
• Take part in meetings to identify the communication objectives, theme, key messages, and visual narrative of the exhibition.
• Take part in workshops and brainstorm sessions with relevant internal stakeholders to identify the features that will be required for various activities at the stand.
• Conduct site inspections, identify visual requirements, and consult on exhibit design solutions, including budgets and physical exhibition hall limitations.
• Take part in briefings on the optimal use of the booth as a communication platform for social initiatives, etc.
• Work with the events management or expo company and other contractors to translate approved designs into compelling visitor experiences by understanding, organizing, and integrating content through prototyping and modelling.
• Create and propose innovative, on-brand, immersive, highly stylized concepts for the UN-Habitat pavilion.
• Design all aspects of the pavilion, including but not limited to installation mockups/spatial design, and visual presentation of digital, print, audiovisual exhibition content and lighting solutions.
• Take part in developing technical specifications for the Pavilion for the event management company or a tendering process, if necessary.
• Help develop modular WUF13 activation booths to promote the Forum at key events leading up to the WUF13.
• Create visually arresting representations that speak to the UN-Habitat brand (including but not limited to illustrator drawings, design briefs, elevations, redesigns, and technical drawings).
• Work with in-house graphic designers for exhibition and branding content by providing design guidelines.
• Work with other expo and experience designers and architects to ensure cohesion between the UN-Habitat pavilion and other WUF13 integrated spaces in terms of materials, sustainability choices, etc.
• Develop an on-site installation plan and support the Head of the Production Unit with the production, installation, and technical support during the Urban Expo, including during the launch.
• Contribute branding solutions, ideas, and micro-interactions throughout the WUF13 venue, including set/stage design, as required.

Qualifications/special skills

• A Bachelor's or a master’s degree in graphic design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Architecture, or a related field is required.
• Over 9 years of responsible experience in exhibition design for international events and conferences is required. Demonstrated expertise in exhibition and space design, including knowledge of exhibition construction methods and materials, is required.
• Skill in three-dimensional exhibition design, including proven capability in the areas of design conceptualization, design development, and structural detailing techniques, sustainable fabrication processes and materials, model making, safety, conservation, and accessibility, is desirable.
• Expert knowledge of applicable CAD software, 3D and graphic design software is desirable. Experience in data visualization, motion graphics and information design are advantageous is desirable.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 108

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to UN-Habitat on careers.un.org to applya

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