January 24th, 2022 at 06:17 am
Zipline uses drones to deliver critical and life-saving medicine to thousands of hospitals serving millions of people in multiple countries. Our mission is to provide every human on Earth with instant access to vital medical supplies. Join Zipline and help us make this a reality for billions of people.
POSITION: Design Associate
ABOUT YOU AND THE ROLE
If you deeply believe design and storytelling advance a mission and create impact in every interaction, this role would be a perfect opportunity for you to experiment and show your talent. As a customer-obsessed company, Zipline stays extremely close to our customers and front-line teams.
As a continuous effort to bring all these stories to light, this design associate role will work closely with our communications team and solutions architects in Africa to come up with creative ways to design installations & touchpoints in our space. This role will create design assets upon requests to serve our African team directly for campaign and ad hoc initiatives.
You will be expected to stretch your skills to experiment with new formats and media. You will gather feedback from all Zipliners to inform iterations. It is the first time Zipline includes design capabilities in our space and culture-building, and you will be cared for and challenged!
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Support solutions architecture by translating ideas into tailored visual content that evangelize Zipline’s capabilities and achievements which resonates with our clients
- Work closely with product marketing & communication teams to advance the efforts of Africa
- Create a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations
- Ensure projects are completed with high quality and on schedule
- Establish creative direction for Go-to-Market related initiatives
- Support local teams in Ghana, Rwanda, & Nigeria with design efforts
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- You have deep design skills in at least graphic/editorial design and can expand to other domains. Examples of design skills include but are not limited to:
- Illustration
- Animation
- Photography
- Videography
- UX design
- You have a taste and point of view on what type of design could engage people in new ways.
- You are a good listener and observer. You have deep empathy for the people you are designing for. You will be able to iterate the design concepts based on such observation and feedback collected.
- You are a hands-on, resourceful person who’s driven to get things off the ground.
- You can act on ad hoc design requests quickly.
- You are agile, able to lean into chaos, and excited about embracing positive change.
HOW TO APPLY
Deadline for application: 28th January 2022
WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO KNOW
Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by state, federal or local law or our other policies.
