Production Designer

Zipline•South San Francisco, CA

16h

About The Position

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service, aiming to provide access to food, medicine, and essential goods globally. They design, build, and operate the largest autonomous logistics system, having completed millions of deliveries across four continents, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Their system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back, with over 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown. Zipline seeks practical problem solvers motivated by building systems with meaningful impact and scaling the future of logistics. The company is looking for a highly skilled, resourceful, and curious Production Designer to execute Zipline’s brand across digital, physical, and experiential touchpoints. This role emphasizes craft, consistency, and scalability, translating creative direction and brand systems into precise, high-quality outputs for marketing, growth, and brand initiatives. The ideal candidate is detail-obsessed, fast, fluent in production workflows, and comfortable with various assets from digital paid media to print, OOH, and environmental graphics. They thrive in high-velocity environments, enjoy working across formats and channels, and take pride in bringing ideas to life.

Requirements

4–7+ years of experience as a Production Designer, Visual Designer, or similar role in an in-house brand, agency, or hybrid environment.
Strong experience producing assets for marketing and growth teams across multiple channels.
Expert-level executional design skills: layout, typography, color, and visual consistency.
Deep understanding of production workflows for digital, print, and physical environments.
High proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
Comfort working within established brand systems and templates.
Curious, creative and resourceful.
Detail-oriented and craft-obsessed.
Hands-on and execution-focused.
Fast, reliable, and highly organized.
Comfortable with feedback and iteration.
Calm under pressure in high-velocity environments.
Motivated by bringing ideas to life with excellence.
Proud of the invisible work that makes brands feel effortless.
Digital portfolio showing production-focused marketing and growth assets, scaled adaptations of brand campaigns across formats, and at least one project demonstrating end-to-end production execution.

Nice To Haves

Experience preparing files for print, OOH, and environmental production.
Familiarity with motion, video, or 3D workflows.
Working knowledge of AI-assisted creative tools (e.g. Gemini, Midjourney, Runway, Krea).

Responsibilities

Execute high-quality visual design across marketing, growth, lifecycle, and brand initiatives.
Produce performance marketing assets across paid social, display, email, and web, including rapid iterations and A/B variants.
Adapt and scale brand creative across formats, channels, and markets while maintaining consistency and quality.
Prepare production-ready files for digital, print, OOH, and experiential executions.
Support experiential and physical design needs, including signage, environmental graphics, installations, and branded materials.
Apply and uphold Zipline’s brand system across all outputs.
Ensure visual consistency across digital, social, print, and real-world touchpoints.
Partner closely with brand and creative leads to evolve templates, toolkits, and production systems that scale.
Work closely with brand designers, copywriters, marketers, producers, and external partners to execute creative efficiently and accurately.
Incorporate feedback quickly and thoughtfully while maintaining a high bar for craft.
Communicate clearly around timelines, production needs, and constraints.
Maintain exceptional attention to detail across typography, layout, color, and composition.
Ensure all deliverables meet technical, accessibility, and quality standards.
Balance speed with precision in fast-paced, iterative environments.