Cinematographer

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.

Zipline’s communications team shapes and shares the company’s story and impact. We develop and implement strategies and tactics to educate our target audiences about Zipline, tell stories that 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. We are passionate storytellers and make complex topics simple and understandable.

Zipline is expanding in the U.S. and will be delivering food, medicine, retail items and more directly to people’s homes in many states over the next few years. We are seeking a Senior Cinematographer to capture launches, demos, operations, customer experiences, interviews, events, and the people behind the work. You will translate shot plans and creative references into practical camera and lighting approaches for real-world production. You will work across planned productions and fast-moving field capture, operating independently when a small footprint is appropriate and collaborating with a crew on larger shoots. You will partner closely with a Video Producer, Editor, and Motion Designer, as well as Communications, Brand, Social, Marketing, engineers, and operators. This is a hands-on role centered on camera, lighting, composition, movement, exposure, equipment readiness, and reliable media handoff.

• Capture high-quality footage for social and brand video, product launches, technical explainers, customer stories, interviews, events, recruiting, and internal communications. • Collaborate with the Video Producer and creative partners on shot lists, references, location scouts, technical scouts, camera tests, lighting plans, equipment needs, and production schedules. • Select and operate cameras, lenses, filtration, support, monitoring, and movement tools appropriate to each production. • Design and execute lighting and grip setups for interviews, products, demonstrations, operational environments, studio work, and location shoots. • Make deliberate choices about composition, framing, lensing, movement, focus, exposure, frame rate, and coverage while