Meet Chris Grindem.
Chris worked his career to found his branding and marketing agency and teach as an Adjunct Professor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. After getting his BA and MBA in Marketing at MSU, Chris worked at Leo Burnett, Doner, J Walter Thomson, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, and Michigan State University.
Leveraging decades of experience for the greater good.
Professional Milestones.
Chris considers the quality of the brands, corporate cultures, people, processes, and results he’s experienced to be a blessing. The picture to the left is Chris and Magic Johnson on a TV shoot from the early 1980s.
Over the years, Chris has worked across 40 industries and with close to 150 brands. If you’re interested in learning more, please click on the button to LinkedIn and ckeck out his history.
Which BTW, Detroit is the No. 1 emerging startup ecosystem globally, according to newly released rankings from Startup Genome’s 2022 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER).
We’re proudly based in Detroit, Michigan.
We help the right people become believers in your brand.
This allows us to be significantly more cost-efficient and agile than traditional agencies. For each Utmost engagement, we assemble a customized team of subject-matter experts. These experts are fellow Detroit entrepreneurs who own their firms.
The other distinction is that we choose to work with people who know each other and naturally play well with others. It makes no sense to feel bad when you’re doing good. Our clients have appreciated our approach to building a better branding and marketing agency, and the results we’ve produced over the past 15 years.