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.

About Sumi's Founder, Sarah Trainor

Sumi was created by Sarah Trainor because she loves working with founders. Sarah has spent 12+ years building brands of all sizes, from real estate teams, to tiny startups, to corporations.

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.