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?

  • “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

  • "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

  • “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

  • “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