This is who’s In The Kitchen

Jon Itkin

Jon Itkin, founder and principal consultant

Jon built his career working on high-stakes strategy, messaging, and storytelling challenges for companies ranging from giants like Google, Meta, and Salesforce to early-stage startups, both as an in-house marketer and an external consultant.

Since launching In The Kitchen in late 2023, Jon has led more than 30 positioning exercises for B2B technology companies from publicly traded and private-equity-held category leaders to high-growth startups hitting their first wave of scale.

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Jonathan Haggard

Jonathan Haggard,
executive creative director

Creative leadership, brand ideation, and systems design. Past clients: Apple, Airbnb, Beats, IBM Watson, Microsoft.

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Malissa Smith

Malissa Smith,
brand design

Brand ideation and systems design.

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Ariadna Vilalt

Ariadna Vilalta,
production design

Brand ideation and graphic design.

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Chris Kucht

Chris Kuchta,
web development

All things Webflow.

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Ryan Paul Gibson

Ryan Paul Gibson,
qualitative research

Customer interviews and insights.

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Kristen Matteo

Kristen Matteo,
presentation design

Slides and deck templates.

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