Sophie Williams is the Director of Blanket Fort, a company through which she provides freelance services as a DE&I keynote speaker, Marketing Consultant for Netflix shows like The Crown, The End of the F***ing World, and Sex Education, and Director of Operation and Talent for Impero. A proponent of allyship and anti-racism, Sophie may be hired to speak at a wide range of events.
Former Global Manager, Production Planning for Netflix, Sophie is the proud founder of the OfficialMillennialBlack Instagram page, mustering over 153,000 followers. A distinguished author, she has written two informative books on intersectionality and allyship, namely – “Anti-Racist Ally” and “Millennial Black”. Particularly interested in increasing awareness of a Black woman’s lived experience in the US and UK work settings, she was part of the UN CSW67 Delegation with UN Women UK. She has also delivered a TEDx “Why women and people of colour fall off the glass cliff” where she argues that gender and racial inequality at work will come to an end when we stop associating certain attributes like caregiver, scapegoat, and collateral damage to women and racially marginalised groups.
Sophie has led an illustrious career after she obtained a BA (Hons) in Theatre and Performance from the University of Leeds. She has worked as a Project Manager M&C Saatchi, Senior Creative Producer at Wunderman UK, and CEO and later CFO at Social Life. Her work has been featured in several leading publications like The Guardian, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, Grazia, Refinery29 and Bustle.
A favourite on several podcasts like The Confidence Chronicles, This Way Up, The Guilty Feminist and TED Talks Daily, Sophie is an outright proponent of gender equality, allyship, anti-racism, intersectionality and building diverse work environments. She is now an ideal choice to book as a speaker for events on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as race and gender. Hire Sophie William today for your next event!
