About
I started my professional life in academic publishing, working closely with psychology authors from around the world and managing their projects from proposal to publication.
I transitioned out of publishing into charitable communications, which eventually led me to the social impact sector. Before starting Birdy Communications, I played an integral role in the Skoll Centre's senior leadership team, and led their rebranding project throughout 2022 - 2023.
In my free time, you’ll find me reading, writing, walking, or drinking coffee somewhere in East Oxford.
What’s it like to work with me?
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“Working with Sophie on the Skoll Centre's brand unlocked our organisational potential. The project has helped us to clarify our strategic direction, has catalysed new partnership and funding conversations, and has helped us to connect with new and existing audiences. I would thoroughly recommend Sophie's work to any organisation looking to enhance their brand identity.“ - Marya Besharov, Professor of Organisations and Impact and Academic Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
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“Every now and then, you come across someone who just effortlessly gets it. That’s Sophie. Working with her has been an absolute joy and a huge relief. I’d been going in circles with the website copy for YCompassion, and as my ideal launch date drew closer, I realised I needed someone who could bring clarity while staying deeply aligned with the heart of the work.
From the moment we connected, I felt completely at ease — and ended up receiving even more than I had hoped for. Sophie immediately understood the essence of YCompassion and brought a beautiful blend of structure, strategy, and intuition.
Her deep experience in the social impact space really shines through in everything she does — from the questions she asks to the language she crafts and the intentionality she brings. Sophie radiates trust and brings a grounded, professional presence - along with a deep sense of integrity - to everything she creates. I couldn’t recommend her more.” - Signe Jung Sørensen, Founder of YCompassion
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“We had the pleasure of working with Sophie at Bounce, where she led on the research and brand strategy aspects of some major branding projects. She carried out in-depth research, offering valuable insights, designed and helped facilitate workshops, interviews, and surveys, bringing structure and clarity to the process. Sophie’s ability to support the team while delivering thoughtful, reliable, and high-quality work made her a joy to work with. Her excellent communication and presentation skills only added to the experience, along with being an all round awesome person, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her.“ Tom Gair, Managing Director of Bounce
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"Working with Sophie over the last few months has been an absolute pleasure. She has been a true extension of our team and her work is extremely high quality. She has extensive knowledge of the impact space as well as being a strategic communications expert. We would highly recommend her to any organisation looking to take their brand to the next level." - Tom Lytton-Dickie, Founder & CEO of Meaningful Business
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“Sophie is a skilled facilitator. She brought staff, trustees, and wider stakeholders into a creative dialogue about Community First's core qualities and how they should be communicated.
She offered creative insight and constructive challenge throughout, leading us to a refined vision and the next steps in the branding roadmap. Sophie is naturally engaging and perceptive. She knows her stuff, and we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her services.“ - Tom McCulloch & Emily Lewis-Edwards, Co-CEOs of Community First Oxfordshire
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“Sophie is brilliant to work with. Having had an unhelpful experience with a previous communications consultant, Sophie was a breath of fresh air. She took time to understand our work and our audiences, and helped us to form useful collaborations with partners that she carefully chose for us. I most appreciated Sophie’s ability to synthesise lots of information and present it back to us in a clear, concise way that would work for our audiences and helped us feel less overwhelmed. My co-founder and I also appreciated that she created realistic workplans for us that accurately reflected our budget and capacity to implement them. Sophie also produced thoughtful written work and social media posts for us, and did all of this with an air of calm that often feels absent from communications. Working with Sophie is a pleasure. She brought a real sense of groundedness to our team and helped us discern the important within all of the noise. Within just a short engagement she felt like one of the team. We hope to work with her again.” - Charly Cox, Co-Founder of Climate Change Coaches
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“I’ve done so many iterations of the website copy that I became too close to the content, explaining what we offer from an inside-out perspective. Sophie quickly understood the aim, reviewed the copy, and proposed a revised version that felt authentic and so much clearer. Our review sessions were a great way to talk through open questions and refine it. Sophie took a lot of work off my shoulders, was proactive, and a true pleasure to work with. Hire her!” - Lilli Graf, Founder of IMMA Collective & Strategic Design Consultant