Meeting The Summit Group

Some of you may recall my previous post about a branding/marketing/PR firm called The Summit Group, and how if I ever found myself living within 100 miles of Salt Lake City I would show up on their doorstep with cookies and beg for a job.

Well, I did.

Kind of.

What actually happened is that I moved to Orem, which is 40 miles away, and was crushed to discover that construction along that exact 40 miles of freeway would seriously inhibit my ability to work in Salt Lake. So in favor of practicality and not giving over my entire paycheck to gas, I had begrudgingly resigned myself to working elsewhere.

And then it happened.

The DAY AFTER I moved within that predestined 100 mile radius, I got a comment on my original blog post about The Summit Group from a member of The Summit Group. He said that he had shared my blog post around the office and that I should stop by the next time I was in Utah.

Well as it just so happens, I am in Utah. But I don't believe in showing up unannounced, so I emailed instead.

The next day I got a response from Sharon, their COO, and was invited to meet with her and to see the TSG offices. I immediately started making cookies.

I showed up at the TSG offices in Salt Lake on Tuesday afternoon with cookies in hand. I spent a delightful hour chatting with Sharon, getting a tour of the office, and meeting some of the TSG team.

Everyone I passed asked if I was the Cookie Girl. I was. And it was awesome.

They don't have any positions open right now, and I still have a commute problem, but I admire their company as much as ever and I'm so thrilled to have met them.

Plus its just a great story. Don't you agree?

The Summit Group

I've had a crush on this company for a long time.

Back when I was finishing grad school and trying to figure out what do next, I went on a Googling escapade to find companies that did what I wanted to do in cities that I wanted to live in.

I looked in San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Boston, and Salt Lake City. I looked for companies that did branding and marketing consulting. When I googled "Branding" and "Salt Lake City" and discovered The Summit Group, it was like a transcendent experience.

I love everything about their company. I think they do high quality work. I think they have personality. I love their office space, their logo, their website. I love the idea that their work revolves around telling stories. They just GET it. And there are so few people who do...

Of course, I never applied to The Summit Group. Instead I ended up moving to New York City without and job and working for Time Warner.

Life never quite takes you where you expect to go. And now I'm running my own show at Whitefrog, which is a dream come true.

But if for any reason I find myself a free-agent living within 100 miles of downtown SLC, I will show up on The Summit Group's doorstep in my cutest outfit with a plate of oatmeal butterscotch cookies and beg for a job.