Sophia Medhurst

Masters Student at School of Oriental and African Studies

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Front of House at Victoria and Albert Museum
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

  • Volunteer at Hunterian Museum
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

    - Supported museum operations by assisting with exhibitions, visitor engagement, and ensuring a welcoming environment for guests. - Provided informative and engaging explanations of exhibits on the museum floor and through tours, enriching the visitor experience and fostering interest in medical history and science.

  • Media and Sponsorship Team Member at Warwick Aerospace Society
    Jan 2024 - Jul 2024 · 7 mos

    - Designed interesting social media content for all projects and monitored social media engagement and messages through Instagram and TikTok - Built and maintained relationships with sponsors, through identifying and contacting potential sponsors and representing the society via email, telephone and Microsoft Teams, resulting in raising over £2,000 for Aerospace projects. - Designed and supplied the merch and team logos on Adobe Photoshop and Canva, with designs used at open day events, and logos used at rocket launches and Warwick Aerospace events.

  • Secretary and Treasurer at Warwick Anti-Sexism Society
    Apr 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Performed a librarian role: organized the acquisition and distribution of books among the student body, curated reading lists and oversaw the dissemination of information via a regular newsletter and printing zines. - Created and implemented a budget using Microsoft Excel and applied for funding. Created balance sheets and monitored the society's spending habits and adjusted the budget accordingly, allowing the society to hold a variety of events and have money for the next academic year. - Recorded the minutes, created, and delegated Action Points - Worked as a team to hold educational and engaging events, involving co-creation. This included organising spaces and preparing discussion points; selecting and contacting external speakers and activist groups using Microsoft Teams and Outlook; choosing relevant event themes considering audience; developing event plans and timelines; created promotional materials to publicize events; conducting risk assessments; oversaw set up, execution and breakdown of events. - Successfully hosted numerous events throughout the academic year, received positive feedback and kept well within budget.

  • Antiquities Intern at Ancient and Oriental
    Apr 2023 - Aug 2023 · 5 mos

    - A 10-week internship working with ancient art objects, including Ancient Roman gold jewelry, Mesopotamian terracotta vessels, coins, and medals. - Carefully handled each item, took professional photographs, measurements, and weights, drafted visual item descriptions detailing provenance information, materials, and dates for the Ancient and Oriental website. - Conducted research on each object, writing biographies and bibliographies, using archival resources, in order to upload items to the website and auction houses and ensure they were viewed and sold. - Used a Collections Management System to input objects entries, including acquisition, catalog description and inventory information for both the book and antiquities collections. Helped redesign the inventory system to ensure quicker, more accurate finding of books. - Uploaded object information onto an online Auction website and packed and shipped art objects worldwide. - Conducted administration work, including: answering the telephone and emails, updating sales records and inventory information.