EP 034 JONAH SALITA
Jonah Salita is an entrepreneur, and creative consultant.
He’s the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Diall, and the creator and creative force behind Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm. He’s also the Chief Marketing Officer at Kavira Health.
Jonah’s entrepreneurial spirit started when he stumbled into the creative world after designing his own tennis apparel brand because he was too small to fit into the “cool” looking adult clothes.
Salita attended Hobart College in upstate New York, studying Economics and Media and Society. During his time at Hobart, he was the captain of the varsity tennis team and won numerous athletic and scholastic awards, Academic All-American being one of the most prestigious.
Salita began his career in 2016 as an intern at GenGuru. He would go on to work as a copywriter for Red Circle Agency, The Nitrous Effect and the infamous advertising agency, Fallon, where he wrote for Arby’s and Stok Cold Brew Coffee.
In 2018, Salita was awarded a SIIF Grant for photography and moved to Hong Kong to study at Lingnan University and document the elderly residents of Fu Tei. He exhibited the resulting collection of photographs in the Solarium Gallery, NY upon his return.
In 2019, Salita moved to London to be the creative director for Learn To Trade, a financial education company having taught over 300,000 students worldwide. During this time, Salita led creative strategy for the United Kingdom, Philippines, South Africa and Australian branches.
In 2020, Salita returned to Minnesota and founded Vasco Creative, an early-stage creative consulting firm. As a creative consultant, Salita has advised companies including Factory Motor Parts, Kavira Health, Kore Partners, Geniecast, Monaco’s Coffee, and many others.
Just 3 months after founding Vasco Creative, Salita co-founded Diall, a mental health startup helping students take the first step towards improving their mental health and wellbeing.
Jonah is both Portuguese and American and currently resides in Lisbon. On the horizon, he is looking to bring his experience and passion of solving the world’s greatest problems to angel investing in early-stage impact ventures.