Video Producer

Zipline • South San Francisco, CA

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service, focused on serving all humans equally by ensuring access to essential goods. The company designs, builds, and operates an autonomous logistics system, making millions of deliveries globally. Zipline operates on four continents, with a delivery occurring every 30 seconds. Their system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and provides fast, reliable delivery. The company is seeking practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth, motivated by building systems with a meaningful impact.

The communications team at Zipline shapes and shares the company’s story and impact through strategic education, awareness-raising, and audience engagement. They are passionate storytellers who simplify complex topics. As Zipline expands in the U.S. to deliver food, medicine, and retail items to homes, they are looking for a Social-First Video Producer. This role will lead the creation of high-impact, platform-native video content across social channels, managing the entire process from ideation to post-production and publication. The producer will create content specifically for social performance, requiring strong creative instincts, speed, a willingness to tackle challenges, and comfort working in the field with frequent travel. The work will aim to strengthen the brand, engage audiences, drive awareness of the mission and impact, and build reputation and advocacy. The ideal candidate is mission-driven, entrepreneurial, thrives in fast-paced environments, is intellectually curious, hardworking, collaborative, and possesses a blend of creative and strategic skills.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience producing video content for social or digital platforms.
• Proven ability to produce shoots in fast-moving environments.
• Deep understanding of producing best practices, social platforms, trends, formats, and best practices.
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats; able to own logistics and production planning end-to-end and assist on set when needed.
• Strong storytelling instincts with an eye for moments, pacing, and clarity.
• Experience with media relations, influencer collaborations, digital storytelling, and video/content production.
• Proven ability to craft engaging written and visual content across multiple platforms.
• Ability to work cross-functionally, manage multiple projects, and thrive in a fast-moving environment.
• Comfort working on location, in the field, and in dynamic operational environments, with experience in both planned shoots and run-and-gun productions.
• Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent project management, judgment, and attention to detail.
• Prior success collaborating cross-functionally with diverse, distributed teams.
• Curiosity, creativity, and a passion for storytelling, with the ability to identify potential newshooks and stories.
• Desire and ability to travel for work (approximately 30%).

Nice To Haves

• Prior editing and/or color grading experience is a bonus.
• Event production and staffing experience is ideal.
• Past experience working directly with the media, creators, influencers, and/or new media is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own social-first video production for content distributed across Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, the web, and emerging channels.
• Lead the production of short-form video optimized for social feeds, trends, and audience behavior.
• Capture real-time moments in the field—launches, demos, operations, events—and transform them into compelling social content.
• Manage video production logistics, including shot planning, on-site production, equipment, and post-production workflows.
• Collaborate with internal teams, creators, and external partners to scale content production.
• Track performance and iterate quickly based on platform insights and audience response.
• Maintain Zipline’s brand voice and visual standards while moving fast and experimenting creatively.
• Partner closely with Communications, Social, and Marketing to translate priorities into video narratives that drive awareness and engagement.
• Create and lead production and logistics for tours, demos, events, activations, and content moments.
• Contribute to video/content idea generation, research, drafting posts, and maintaining a content/shoot/production calendar.
• Manage and triage issues as they arise.
• Assist in managing and advancing post-production processes.
• Work cross-functionally with various teams across Zipline.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed