Drone logistics and delivery company Zipline is hiring a Head of Marketing & Communications for Africa who can set and drive its ambitious communications vision in a fast-paced, high-growth, resource-constrained environment.
About The Job
The ideal candidate will serve as a critical member of the Africa leadership team and a thought partner to senior executives. This role spans in-country marketing, external communications, internal communications, and executive communications, and requires someone who thrives as both a big-picture strategist and a hands-on operator.
The ideal candidate will own Zipline’s narrative in Africa, strengthen its brand across markets, and help champion the impact Zipline creates for governments, partners, and communities.
This role is open within Africa, preferably in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Kenya with frequent travel across the region.
Responsibilities
Marketing & Brand Presence
- Lead in-country marketing strategies that support sales, utilization, adoption, and community engagement.
- Leverage Zipline’s unique assets to create visibility, community connection, and brand resonance.
- Identify and pursue strategic collaborations (e.g., corporate partnerships, public-sector campaigns, health initiatives).
- Design cost-effective, locally relevant activations aligned to business outcomes.
External Communications & PR
- Own Zipline Africa’s external communications strategy across all markets.
- Lead media relations, crisis communications, thought leadership, and proactive storytelling.
- Build and maintain relationships with journalists, industry groups, partners, and government stakeholders.
- Develop compelling narratives that communicate Zipline’s impact, innovation, and mission.
- Oversee press releases, media briefings, speaking engagements, conferences, and signature events.
Internal Communications
- Drive internal communications for Africa, ensuring clarity, alignment, and visibility for key initiatives.
- Partner with Africa leadership to craft messages for All Hands, org-wide updates, and internal moments that build culture.
- Ensure communication systems scale across countries and teams.
Executive Communications
- Prepare senior executives (including regional leadership) for key speeches, media opportunities, and strategic conversations.
- Develop messaging, presentations, briefing materials, and talking points.
- Ensure leaders communicate with clarity, alignment to global priorities, and cultural sensitivity across markets.
Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Africa leadership team.
- Partner closely with global communications while tailoring strategy to Africa’s unique context.
- Influence decision-making, challenge assumptions, and articulate the communications implications of business choices.
- Build and manage agency relationships (PR, digital, creative) and leverage them efficiently in a resource-constrained environment.
- Build and lead a small yet mighty in-house team.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of relevant professional experience and at least 2-3 years building/managing a team/function
- Significant leadership experience in communications, PR, crisis management, or strategic communications.
- Diverse leadership experience across a wide range of marketing strategies and initiatives
- Success working in high-growth, high-complexity environments and thriving with limited resources.
- Demonstrated ability to operate as both a strategic leader and hands-on executor.
- Experience navigating and communicating across multiple African markets.
- Strong judgment, narrative development skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Ability to craft clear, compelling written and verbal communications for diverse audiences.
- Experience managing agencies and coordinating cross-functional partners.
- Professional polish and strong stakeholder presence.
How to Apply
Applications can be filled out via the link
About Zipline
Zipline is on a mission to transform the way goods move. Our aim is to solve the world’s most urgent and complex access challenges by building, manufacturing and operating the first instant delivery and logistics system that serves all humans equally, wherever they are.
Zipline’s technology includes robotics and autonomy, which helps in decarbonizing delivery, decreasing road congestion, and reducing fossil fuel consumption and air pollution, while providing equitable access to billions of people and building a more resilient global supply chain.
