About
Hi, I’m Sophie, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Luton.
I’ve been working in the creative industries for over a decade, with a focus on supporting charities and arts and culture organisations with everything from impactful brand identities to engaging promotional materials.
For bigger projects, I also collaborate with a network of trusted partners specialising in areas such as film, photography, web development, and motion graphics.
I started out as an in-house graphic designer for A Thin Place and Clearhead, where I built up my skills in project management and design execution. I transitioned to full-time freelancing in 2018, which has allowed me to work directly with clients who share my vision for positive change.
I take great pride in delivering meaningful work, and I love bringing people’s ideas to life.
“I can genuinely say that working with Sophie Carpenter to deliver a range of multiple marketing assets for our Rave New World project was one of the smoothest and most collaborative phases throughout the entire campaign. She's a solid professional and a creative design force. We will definitely be working again soon.”
- Tega Oke, Marketing Manager, Revoluton Arts
“I've had the pleasure of working with Sophie on two charity annual reports now - and would highly recommend. Thank you Sophie for your patience, sensitivity and flexibility through the entire process, and your outstanding eye for detail. We're absolutely delighted with the end product every time, and look forwards to working with you again.”
- Tom Barnes, Grants Fundraising Officer, Reprieve
“Sophie is a joy to work with and really gets what the client needs. Her illustrations are beautiful and I would highly recommend her.”
- Mariana Brown, The High Town Community CIC
“Sophie was brilliant in designing a set of postcards for us - super easy to work with and great communication.”
- Charles Merritt, Creative Content Developer, Youthscape
“From start to finish Sophie was brilliant. Really creative designs, super responsive to feedback and really good at communicating. She worked tirelessly for us at short notice to deliver a whole brand concept, poster & flyer & vinyl design as well as creating stunning artists boards for our open house event and pop up performance shop in Luton. It was great to link up with a local designer for the project. She also suggested local printers who she communicated with on our behalf which made my job much easier and they delivered top quality prints. We would highly recommend her.”
- Sara Templeman, Social Media & Communications Manager, Tangled Feet
“Sophie is a fantastic designer and she has been an absolute delight to work with! She has been very patient and helpful throughout the process, she understood exactly what we were looking for and her design propositions were always on point. We really love the end result, I highly recommend her!”
- Lesly Lila, Campaigns Manager, Praxis for Migrants and Refugees
“Sophie is not only a talent but she is an absolute pleasure to work with. Every aspect of Sophie's work from planning through to delivery could not have been easier. We will always use Sophie to design our marketing images, branding and logos because quite frankly we have no need to go elsewhere when we are getting value, quality, ease and most importantly a lovely person to work with. Thank you Sophie from the NGYT Family x You are world class!”
- David Lloyd, Founder, NGYT
“Sophie worked with us over a number of months and I couldn’t recommend her enough. We started with the branding for the project and worked right through a range of promotional materials, graphics for films and celebration/evaluation publications. The project evolved as we moved along, with a number of client voices needing to be accommodated. Sophie was exceptionally pleasant to work with, even when the brief evolved. The brand has become very well known across the town and is well-loved. Highly recommend working with this exceptional designer.”
- Michaela Nutt, Cultural Enabler, Luton Borough Council
“Sophie has done a fantastic job. She listened to my vague descriptions of what I wanted and turned it into art. Sophie is extremely talented and I couldn't be happier with the design solution she provided me with.”
- Greta Zabulyte, Freelance Filmmaker
“I worked on a freelance basis with the UK Centre for Carnival Arts to project manage all the marketing of the 2019 Luton Carnival. I commissioned Sophie to produce all our graphics - from outdoor displays to printed leaflets. It was a pleasure to work with Sophie. I particularly like her approach - she listens but makes great suggestions. She was very patient with us, as there were quite a few changes for each item, and had some really creative ideas which helped evolve the finished designs beyond what we could have hoped for at briefing stage. I will definitely work with Sophie again and would highly recommend.”
- Annika Williams, Marketing Freelancer, UKCCA