Our Story

Sumi is a studio born of a passion for building worlds and supporting great businesses. We’ve dedicated ourselves to helping anyone who wants to start a brand with one of the most difficult to nail pieces of all: creative.

We're building the agency we always wish existed, in an easy to navigate format: an online store. Sumi is dedicated to producing great work at mind-boggling costs, making it easy and accessible to grow your business.

Read more about the creation of Sumi here.

About Sumi's Founder, Sarah Trainor

Sumi was created by Sarah Trainor because she was tired of having meetings, but loves working with founders. Sarah has spent 12 years building brands of all sizes, from real estate teams, to tiny startups, to corporations. She is also an author and a mom.

Sarah’s resume:

DoorDash / Proxii / Phyla / Core / Room / Side / AFN / Keller Williams / Intero Real Estate / SolidStarts / APL / USA Triathlon / BHLDN / Bastille / Pitchfork / Conde Naste / Rolling Stone / Infatuation / Chase / Opinel / Underclub / NASCAR / Rhone / Compass / Carnivore Club / Night+Market / Jon & Vinny’s / Souvla / WeightWatchers / Bose / Campari / Lioness / Anti Social Social Club / Chipotle / IQ Bar / Medlie / Patchology / Sunday Scaries / Lululemon / Zenstop/ Hattie B’s / Square Pie Guys / NBA / WNBA / MLS / Taco Bell / Starbucks / New York Times / Twitch / TripAdvisor / and more.

tell us who you are and we'll help the world see it too.