Sophie High
Fundraising DirectorWho she?
Sophie High
What do
Fundraising Director
Where Been
Started career in agencies specialising in ‘new media’ when that was a thing, running teams creating websites and segmented digital campaigns for the likes of Tesco, Barclays, Patek Phillipe and The AA. Commercial experience also includes a stint at AOL, working across the organisation to maximise media revenues, and, more recently, 3 years as Managing Director of a video-tech company dedicated to revolutionising quant research.
Specialising in fundraising innovation and strategy since 2007, starting with 8 years at CRUK, leading the delivery of new fundraising ventures such as Dryathlon, Stand Up To Cancer, BBQ, World Cancer Day and Cell Slider. Proud to have been working with Killer since 2016.
Why that
“Quite often the first time kids see their music heroes play live, is with a parent. My experience is no different, it’s just that I didn’t get to see my idols, The Violent Femmes, until a few years ago. When I took my Dad.”
Who cares
Since reading sci-fi novel Vurt, Sophie’s been a big fan of feathers – they’re lucky apparently. It’s best to keep good luck charms nearby, so she even got herself inked with two feather tattoos.
The details are decidedly sketchy, but Sophie once found herself sitting on a four-poster bed in Matt Goss’s flat, drinking tea. Might she just have inspired the Bros hit ‘When will I be famous?’ We can’t answer that.