Aniko Hill: Founder, Chief Creative Officer
A natural curiosity and passion for creating targeted, authentic brands makes Aniko Hill a diverse conceptual creative director, branding specialist, and strategic thinker. An Art Center College of Design graduate, she has extensive experience in all design mediums and has worked with highly regarded firms and major clients throughout her career. Aniko has helped business leaders ranging from mom and pop shops to Fortune 500 companies to shape branding and marketing strategy and lead diverse teams to implement deliverables that drive brand awareness and fuel product sales. She has shared her experience with emerging design professionals over the years as a senior instructor at Art Institute of California, where she taught advanced courses on branding and packaging design.
Aniko Hill: Founder, Chief Creative Officer
Aniko founded The Kitchen Collaborative with a determination to innovate the traditional creative business methodology. Her distinct creative and professional vision has produced award-winning work with quantifiable results for clients in categories including health & beauty, fashion, home products and pet care. Her work creating premium lifestyle brands for the sophisticated female market has been featured in top industry publications such as Print, CPC Packaging, and HOW. Aniko is also an expert editorial contributor, writing for trade publications such as GCI, Package Design Magazine, and Beauty Packaging Magazine. Graphic Design USA recognized Aniko as one of the People to Watch in the industry.
Jesse Hill: Principal, Creative Director
Jesse was exposed to fine art, antiques, and photography at an early age through his parents, both respected fine art dealers. He realized his passion for photography during his extensive travels through Europe and the Middle East, where he found it possible to gain access to people and places that were off-limits without a camera in hand. He attained his professional experience in large-scale photography productions working on premier advertising accounts such as Skyy Vodka, Bebe, L’Oreal, and Revlon, where he worked closely with top art directors and legendary photographers.
Jesse Hill: Principal, Creative Director
Jesse’s photography, including portraits of Oscar® winning actors and Grammy® winning musicians, has appeared in international publications including
Architectural Digest,
Glamour,
Rolling Stone, and
Time. Jesse’s images are syndicated through Getty Images. In addition to overseeing all the facets of photo and video production at The Kitchen, Jesse provides creative and strategic support for branding campaigns in print, web and video. To see more of Jesse’s photography, please visit
jessehill.com.
