Quality over Quantity
The Company
founded in 1998
We are an advertising and design studio, providing branding, advertising, websites and print collateral to growing brands and companies in the United States. We work with clients from concept, testing and design to delivery, maintenance and promotion. All work is done by our studio team here in Cincinnati USA in collaboration with our clients.
LOCATED IN THE CUSTOMER SCIENCE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
Cincinnati USA is known as the customer science capital of the world. Design and data walk hand-in-hand. If you're local, you'll get to meet us face-to-face and in person as needed. We have long-distance relationships too. Technology allows that – what a time to be alive.
COMMUNITY-MINDED
We believe in the value of public education and public services. We donate time and talents to the Cincinnati Public Schools, one of our country's progressive urban school districts. We also donate time to the Historic Milford Association and volunteer for Word Camp Cincinnati. If you see us in the wild, say hi!
COMMITTED TO GREEN ENERGY
Our studio is powered by 100% green energy. Electricity purchased from Cincinnati Bell Energy is 100% wind-generated, and our natural gas is carbon-neutral through offsets purchased from Carbonfund.org.
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
Our clients' products, their services and their brands are very important to them. They're smaller growing companies, so we use a different strategy than for big companies. Large company experience is fine, but smaller, growing companies are fundamentally different.
We are great at working to create a brand but also working with an established brand respecting what / who you already are. We're creative, conscientious, and organized!
YOU'LL WORK DIRECTLY WITH US
There are no project managers to get in the way so project expectations are realistic!
MARK SUND
FEARLESS LEADER, DIRECTOR + KITCHEN MANAGER
Mark is Studio + Advertising Director at Sund + Co where he has led projects in advertising, branding, websites and print design for South of France, Kirk’s Natural, Dark Star Hot Sauce, The Voice of Your Customer, Control Bionics, Jump-Start Video, RiverHills Bank, CNBS, Vega Americas and many other clients. Sund + Co’s work has won accolades from clients and AMA Pinnacle Awards for Best Use of Insights and Research Insight Catalyst. 📈
Mark has been listening to clients and growing their brands since he founded Sund + Co in 1998. In his previous life, he was an academic research chemist with an MS Chemistry from The University of Chicago. He loves data and in his spare time works on theoretical physics. At home he cooks and eat both plants and animals.
SARAH CRAWFORD
PIXEL PERFECTIONIST, STRATEGIC MARKETER + ORGANIZER
Sarah joined Sund + Co in 2009 and is our Art Director + Senior Designer. Her experience at Sund + Co includes branding, websites, print materials, packaging and advertising for South of France, Kirk’s Natural, The Grandpa Soap Co, 20 Brix, Dark Star Hot Sauce, 1TaxFinancial, The Voice of Black Cincinnati, Control Bionics, Jump-Start Video, RiverHills Bank, CNBS, Vega Americas and many other B2C and B2B clients.
Sarah holds an Applied Science of Design and Computer Graphics degree from the Art Institute of Cincinnati. In her free time she loves listening to the blues, basking in the sun, and all the mom things.
Awards
We perform amazing work for clients, and the most amazingest we write up for awards. Beyond beautiful websites and ad campaigns, we accomplish things for clients with data to prove it.
Public Relations Society of America
2020 Best In Show Cincinnati
2020 Blacksmith Award for Global Communications
American Marketing Association
2019 Pinnacle Award for Research & Insights
2017 Pinnacle Award for Best Use of Insights
2024 🙂 26 YEARS
Back in '98 we started out doing training and consulting for small business marketing, online security and all things internet. Clients quickly asked for websites, and within five years we were fully involved in web development.
Our focus broadened to include design, marketing and advertising. We create advertising campaigns for search engines, paid placement, social media, snail mail, email, highway billboards and more, 5-foot touchscreen apps for trade shows, web and mobile-specific sites, product packaging, logos and brand guidelines, all kinds of print collateral, trade show backdrops and more.
We focus on growing brands and companies in Cincinnati, Chicago and the United States. We keep projects in budget and on time. All work is done at our studio in Cincinnati USA, where we work directly with you on your campaign, site, design and collateral.