Communications Intern (Fall 2026)

South San Francisco, CA (On-site)

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Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the US-focused communications work while enabling global storytelling, with a focus on media monitoring, proactive storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration to shape Zipline\'s narrative.

  • Responsibilities: build and execute campaigns, monitor media, craft materials, and support interviews and events.
  • Analytics: track sentiment and message pull through to guide messaging and storytelling ideas.
  • Cross-functional ownership: partner with Communications, Marketing, Brand, Customer Success, and Community teams to coordinate storytelling and reputation efforts.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Support the communication team’s day-to-day work, including media monitoring, material creation and proofing, pitching, reputation management, event support, and research projects.
  • Assist in external storytelling, including story mining, social listening, arranging and staffing interviews, drafting messaging and media materials, reviewing and updating company assets.
  • Analyze news and social media coverage for key metrics, such as sentiment, pickup, message pull through etc.
  • Research projects, developing proactive story ideas, writing etc.
  • Work cross-functionally with the Communications, Marketing and Brand team as well as Customer Success and Community Engagement teams.

Requirements

  • 0–3 years of experience in communications, or a recent graduate majoring in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.

Preferred

  • Experience working in fast-paced environments (agency, political, or in-house technology company) preferred.
  • Proven ability to collaborate across teams and functions.

Benefits

  • relocation support
  • a housing stipend
  • overtime pay
  • paid sick time
  • other benefits, where applicable and subject to local requirements
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Zipline

3.6 Glassdoor

Zipline was founded to create the first logistics system that serves all humans equally. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges. Leveraging expertise in robotics and autonomy, Zipline designs, manufactures and operates the world’s largest automated delivery system. Zipline serves tens of millions of people around the world and is making good on the promise of building an equitable and more resilient global supply chain. From powering Rwanda’s national blood delivery network and Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution, to providing on-demand home delivery for Walmart and enabling leading healthcare providers to bring care into the home in the United States, Zipline is transforming the way goods move. By transitioning to clean, electric, instant logistics, we can decarbonize delivery, decrease road congestion, and reduce fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access for billions of people. The technology is complex but the idea is simple: a teleportation service that delivers what you need, when you need it. Zipline is inspiring people, governments, and businesses to imagine what is possible when goods can move as seamlessly as information.To join the team, check out our career page: https://flyzipline.com/careers/

Founded in 2014
South San Francisco, California, USA
1.5K employees (46 in marketing)
65% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
47K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.1%
Direct
48.3%
Referral
6%
Social
8.8%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
34 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
9

Funding

Total Funding
$1.9B
Last Raise
$600M
Series H, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Series H • $600M
  • Nov 2025
    Grant • $150M
  • Jun 2024
    Series G • $350M

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