Sophie Turner

Full CV / Resume

ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT | ESMOND MURRAY ARCHITECTS | AUGUST 2018 TILL PRESENT

• Designing, drawing, and amending designs created by myself and the project Architects.

• Working with and for the architects in the office, learning how a small office operates, and about structure, details, and the approach to construction and the erection of the design itself.

• Working with clients to create their perfect design, while helping them understand the planning process.

INDEPENDENT ARCHITECTURAL WORK | JULY 2017 TILL AUGUST 2017 + AUGUST 2018 TILL PRESENT

• Designing two prospective projects, creating plans and sections, visiting the sites, and surveying.

MENTOR | SEPTEMBER 2017 TILL JUNE 2018

• Teaching a set of first year Architecture students about how to improve their work.

• From my mentoring, those I taught gained confidence in their work and themselves consequently gaining a higher grade, this taught me more about architecture and how to work with others.

LAKA REACTS COMPETITION | NOVEMBER 2017

• Worked as a group to create movable flooring that reacted to external stimulus, which could be implemented wherever a crowd was gathering, aiming to relax and keep individuals entertained.

VICE PRESIDENT | LINCOLN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SOCIETY | APRIL 2017 TILL JUNE 2018

• Organised trips and events, due to my work I created events which everyone could join in, accessible and welcoming to all therefore earning donations for the society, giving the members free activities. I created a link between the different courses which had not been done before.

• Working as a team with other committee members, while running the society.

A MARKETPLACE IN REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS COMPETITION | FEBRUARY 2017

• Part of a group of students, tasked with designing a marketplace for the Refugee Camp in Berlin.

COURSE REP | ARCHITECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN | SEPTEMBER 2016 TILL JUNE 2018

• Worked with and for the students to improve the course, their experience and the university.

• Worked with students and staff simultaneously in a business and professional setting.

• Due to my work all lectures and reading was accessed by all students for free, printing was easily accessed, and the year had an easy communication with tutors and each other.

MEDIA SECRETARY | LINCOLN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SOCIETY | SEPTEMBER 2016 TILL APRIL 2017

• Designing and distributing posters, banners, and membership cards to help advertise the society.

END OF YEAR EXHIBITION | MAY 2016

• Worked with a small group of students to help produce an exhibition. Formatted and printed projects, posters and leaflets which I distributed to the public in Lincoln.

• Organising the exhibition space, and presenting undergraduate work.

ATKINS ARCHITECTS | WORK EXPERIENCE | AUGUST 2013

• Learnt basic Photoshop and AutoCad skills, as I designed a beach hut for the physically disabled.

NOMA ARCHITECTS | WORK EXPERIENCE | JUNE 2012

• Working alongside professional architects to learn basic skills.

• Participating in a site visit.

• Meeting with prospective students, giving them information about the course and university.

• Giving them an introduction day, and helped them with the work they were given.

• I was also given the challenge of running one of these days as no tutors were available.

INDABA WELCOME DESK | FEBRUARY 2017

• Welcoming in lecturers, and guests, inform all what was happening, where, and at what time.

SALES ASSISTANT | LUSH COSMETICS | APRIL 2015 - DECEMBER 2015

• Working with children, hosting parties and providing an excellent customer service.

• When supervisors were unavailable I was told to help new employees and direct them

SALES ASSISTANT AND STOCK ROOM ASSISTANT | SUPERDRY | DECEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015

• Worked within a team to provide high quality service while organising the shop floor and the stock room ensuring the selling process went quickly and smoothly.

SALES ASSISTANT | OFFICE SHOE STORE | JULY 2014 - SEPTEMBER 2014

• Ensuring everything was displayed to its best while providing high quality service.• Meeting with prospective students, giving them information about the course and university.

• Giving them an introduction day, and helped them with the work they were given.

• I was also given the challenge of running one of these days as no tutors were available.

INDABA WELCOME DESK | FEBRUARY 2017

• Welcoming in lecturers, and guests, inform all what was happening, where, and at what time.

SALES ASSISTANT | LUSH COSMETICS | APRIL 2015 - DECEMBER 2015

• Working with children, hosting parties and providing an excellent customer service.

• When supervisors were unavailable I was told to help new employees and direct them

SALES ASSISTANT AND STOCK ROOM ASSISTANT | SUPERDRY | DECEMBER 2014 - JANUARY 2015

• Worked within a team to provide high quality service while organising the shop floor and the stock room ensuring the selling process went quickly and smoothly.

SALES ASSISTANT | OFFICE SHOE STORE | JULY 2014 - SEPTEMBER 2014

• Ensuring everything was displayed to its best while providing high quality service.

PAIRED READING | BRADLEY STOKE COMMUNITY SCHOOL | SEPTEMBER 2013 - SEPTEMBER 2014

• Helped Year 7s to read books and poems.

• Working in a team to teach and help the Year 7s progress.

STEWARD | BRISTOL COMEDY GARDEN | JULY 2014

• Checking tickets, meeting customers and guiding them to their seats. Cleaning the area and clearing the site.

Giving information and helping with queries. To follow processes and procedures accuray.

ADDITIONAL

Full UK Driving Licence | RIBA Mentorship | Trained in First Aid |Volunteered to be on crit panels for younger years

2015 till 2018 University of Lincoln School of Architecture | BA (Hons) Architecture Part 1

2013 till 2015 Bradley Stoke Community Sixth Form | A Level - Art, Product Design, English Literature, Psychology

2008 till 2013 Marlwood Secondary School | 10 GCSEs