Video Production Intern (Spring 2027)

Zipline; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Housing stipend

Overtime pay

Paid sick time

Job summary

Zipline in South San Francisco is seeking a recent grad for a full-time internship on the social media and film team. You’ll assist on set, support planning, catalog assets, and help with analytics, reporting, and content ideas across global campaigns.

You’ll work closely with senior leaders across communications, marketing and brand, gaining hands-on experience building a world-class brand in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent written English and strong writing skills.
• Proven project management and organizational abilities.
• Attention to detail and strong judgment.
• Interest in video production and storytelling.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines.
• Experience with video editing tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and executing strategic communications campaigns with global reach.
• Support video shoots as a production assistant and help with logistics and call sheets.
• Lead cataloging for video assets and organize video resources.
• Support social media analytics by tracking performance data and trends.
• Contribute to research projects, content ideas, and social media calendars.

Skills

Excellent written English

Writing skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Video production interest

English communication

Tools

Adobe Premiere

DaVinci Resolve

Camera operation

Audio equipment

Job description

About Zipline

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably. Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products.

Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.

Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe.

We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth. Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds.

About the Communications Team

Zipline’s Communications Team shapes and shares the company’s story and impact. We develop and implement strategies and tactics to educate audiences about Zipline, tell stories that raise awareness about what we’re doing and the impact we’re having, increase acceptance of and excitement for our system, and cultivate strong ambassadors. We are passionate storytellers and make complex topics simple and understandable.

Zipline is entering a new phase of growth—rapid expansion in the U.S. alongside continued global scaling. As our physical footprint grows, we’re also expanding our storytelling ambitions and presence, both through established approaches and by pushing the boundaries of what communications can be. Our team is small, highly-autonomous, low-ego and trusted to use strong judgement on building long-term belief and trust in our brand.

The Role

We’re looking for a recent grad to compliment our supporting our social media + film work across all elements including, PAing on set, pre-production planning, grip work, video storage/cataloging, social media analytics, metrics and reporting. Your work will help Zipline tell its story to millions of people across the world.

You’ll be a vital member of a small team that has an outsized role and responsibility for building and protecting Zipline’s global brand and reputation. You’ll thrive in this role if you are mission-driven, like to work in exceptionally fast-paced environments, are intellectually curious, are a hard worker, are a process lover, work well cross functionally, and are equal parts creative and strategic.

Zipline’s social media + film team shapes and shares the company’s story and impact. We strategically raise awareness about what we’re doing and the impact that we’re having, increase acceptance of and excitement for our system, and cultivate ambassadors and brand love. We are passionate storytellers that thrive at making complex topics simple and understandable.

This internship is a rare opportunity to gain significant hands-on experience with senior video, social media, communications and marketing leaders at the forefront of building a new category and industry from scratch.

What You'll Do

• Assist in building and executing strategic communications campaigns. While your focus will be on the United States, much of your work will have global reach.
• Assist in video shoots, including serving as a production assistant, running errands, drafting call sheets, organizing logistics, location scouting, gathering props and equipment, casting etc.
• Leading cataloging for video assets including organizing video footage, organizing video resources etc.
• Support social media analytics by tracking and collecting social media performance data, monitors sentiment, collecting trends that inform content strategy.
• Conduct research projects, pitching video/content ideas, updating our social media calendar, writing etc.
• Supporting the team’s day-to-day work, including social media monitoring, material creation, event support, and research projects.
• Work cross-functionally with the Communications, Marketing and Brand team as well asCustomer Success and Community Engagement.
• You’ll leave with a portfolio of high quality professional work that is critical in helping a global brand storytell.

What You'll Bring

• 2-4 years of experience in communications, social media or film. Time in a fast-paced environment; agency, politics or in-house tech experience is preferred.
• Excellent attention to detail, project management and writing skills, paired with exceptional judgment and a strong interest in video production. Bonus points for social media interest.
• Strong project management, logistics and research skills.
• An extreme ownership mentality, a strong work ethic, a desire to take the ball and run with it at every turn.
• Detail obsessed.
• Curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning.
• Prior success collaborating cross-functionally.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Bonus: Familiarity with camera operation or audio equipment.
• Bonus: Adobe Premiere and/or DaVinci proficiency.
• Bonus: Video coloring experience.
• Bonus: Experience in gaffing, grip work and/or assistant camera work.

What Else You Should Know

This internship is a full-time position, in-person at our South San Francisco office. We will host our Spring 2027 interns this spring (January 2027 - April 2027). Zipline is unable to sponsor work visas for applicants to this position.

The hourly rate for this internship is $34 per hour. Additional benefits may include relocation support, a housing stipend, overtime pay, paid sick time, and other benefits, where applicable and subject to local requirements.

Candidates are limited to three (3) applications within a 30-day period.

Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

Zipline is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your point of contact at Zipline know if you require any accommodations throughout your interview process.

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As set forth in Zipline ’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.