Sophia Stuart, Director, Mobile, Hearst Magazines Digital Media
Sophia is responsible for building mobile content and services across Hearst Magazine’s brands in the USA and re-joins Hearst after leading digital media ventures for Hearst’s UK operations (National Magazine Company) from 99 - 01.
Starting initially as a journalist in the UK, Sophia wrote about art, fashion, media and technology for The Independent newspaper (UK), The Guardian (UK), Time Out (London), Black + White (Studio Magazines in Australia), Out (NYC), International Broadcast and Screen International.
She created the first digital media team at Common Purpose, the international leadership organization that aims to improve the way towns and cities are run. And, after a brief consulting job at Condé Nast UK for the original British Vogue and GQ web sites, joined Hearst in the UK in 99 to launch over 21 corporate and consumer-facing online ventures.
Before re-joining Hearst last year, Sophia spent five years in California, directing a range of digital projects including online, 3D animation, motion capture and mobile applications for clients including New Line Cinema, 20th Century Fox and Neven Vision (now part of Google’s mobile operations).