Title TK · Strategic Communications, Content and Engagement
San Francisco · Marin
Built for
breakthroughs.
Storytelling for world-changing companies.
Built for
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A different kind of partner
The world doesn't need another agency.
It needs a different kind of partner.
We're hands-on, high-impact partners at your most important moments in growth.
We've founded agencies, led programs for some of the greatest companies in the world, and spent decades learning what actually helps a business drive recognition, relevance, and revenue.
We built Title TK to do things differently — senior operators who embed with your team, build the story, and drive the outcomes that matter.
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Work
Our motivation is to be an agency that companies turn to when they need hands-on, high impact partners at the most important moments in their growth.
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What we do
Approach
Story. Strategy. Engagement.
Every Title TK program is led by a company co-founder.
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Clarity that drives scale
Most growth companies try to scale a story they haven't finished writing. We nail that first. Before a single pitch goes out, we build the foundational narrative — positioning, messaging, architecture.
- Brand & narrative strategy
- Messaging architecture
- Executive positioning
- Corporate communications
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Deep partnering
We embed with your team, think like operators, and work like founders. Senior people doing the work, from day one — no junior layers, no account-management theater.
- Earned media & storytelling
- Integrated marketing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Crisis & inflection moments
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Momentum that compounds
The work. Putting the story in front of the people who need to hear it — and making sure it shows up everywhere it matters next.
- Content & coverage amplification
- Social & influencer programs
- Awards & speakers bureaus
- Measurement & analytics
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Ruthless efficiency, human creativity
NorthTK puts AI-assisted intelligence underneath every engagement — so our team moves faster, sees further, and never loses the thread.
- AI-assisted story discovery
- Narrative intelligence
- Signal monitoring & alerts
- Coverage & share of voice tracking
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Introducing North TK
NorthTK
North TK is a purpose-built software platform for communications teams who need to move faster, see further, and stay aligned on what the story actually is.
NorthTK connects raw organizational intelligence to published story — from signal capture through brief, narrative, and campaign — so nothing falls through the cracks and every piece of content traces back to a real strategic insight.
01 · Capture
Every signal, in one place.
Calls, meetings, documents, and observations flow into a single intake layer — nothing slips, nothing gets missed.
Explore02 · Briefs
Raw intel, structured.
AI turns signals into concise briefs. You advance what matters.
03 · Storylines
Briefs become narrative.
Multiple briefs synthesize into a single arc with a clear through-line.
04 · Campaigns
Content at the moment of need.
Anchor content, coordinated across earned and owned channels.
05 · Brand Voice
Consistency at every touchpoint.
Positioning, messaging, and terminology that stays consistent across every output.
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Senior operators · No layers · No theater
Team
We're a small team with a passion for great stories and the people behind them. Every Title TK engagement program runs through our founders who bring decades of leadership and hands-on experience running programs for some of the world's most exciting upstarts and household name brands.
Cristina Pena
Co-Founder · Partner
Jason Throckmorton
Co-Founder · Partner
Mike Barash
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Our History
150+ companies, from pre-seed to Fortune 50.
As co-founders and executives from LaunchSquad, Codeword and Sparkpr, our team has led programs for some of the world's most respected brands.
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Representative past client experience
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By the numbers
Track record
Proven founders
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Our team are co-founders and former executive leaders at LaunchSquad, Codeword and Sparkpr.
Proven scale
150+
Companies served, pre-seed to Fortune 50.
Proven outcomes
20+
IPOs and M&A exits supported.
Proven under pressure
50+
Companies, products and major initiatives launched.
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Editorial · 01
The narrative isn't a deck. It's a discipline.
Why most growth companies lose the room before the pitch even starts — and the three questions every founder should answer before going to market.
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What twenty years of pitches actually taught us.
Reporter relationships compound. Categories get rewritten. The good stories get faster, not louder. A senior operator's playbook.
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If it matters, we want to hear about it
Connect
Companies turn to Title TK for big moments that call for a partner that is experienced, nimble, creative and senior. A partner will write back within one business day.
A few examples
A launch
Product, company, category, expansion or big idea.
A campaign
A fresh story to tell, new audiences to reach, or a seasonal activation to drive.
An evolution
When the story you've been telling has stopped doing the work it needs to do.
A realignment
Crisis, leadership change, the moment that needs the right voice in the right room.
partners@titletk.co
+1 (415) 305-9476
San Francisco · Marin
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