About Sophia
Sophia Altholz is an artist and designer living between Mexico City and New York City. Sophia grew up in Manhattan and Israel, and graduated from Pratt Institute with an honors BFA in Digital Art & Interactive Media. While Sophia manages a full time creative consultancy and design freelance schedule, she also manages her artwork and sneaker customization initiative.
Skills include: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, PremierPro, Lightroom, Canon/Nikon Cameras, Google Suite, Sketch, Facebook Ads Manager, Squarespace Analytics, MailChimp, NameCheap, Instagram Advertising, GIPHY and Sticker Development, Wix, WordPress, Google Analytics, Asana, Buffer.
2011-2012 Northeastern University Freshman
2012-2013 Exchange Program at Bezalel Design Academy in Jerusalem Israel majoring in Visual Communication
2013-2016 Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY
2016 Graduated Pratt Institute with an Honors BFA in Digital Art and Interactive Media
2016 Art Direction Intern for Vaynermedia post graduation
2017 Hired as a full time Art Director on JP Morgan & Chase for Vaynermedia
2018 Created first pair of sneakers for Gary Vaynerchuck and film Team
2018 UX/UI Designer for Paddle8
2018 Marketing Manager for Paddle8
2019 Snark Park, Snarkitecture and Related Partners, Creative Strategist
2020 Managing full freelance schedule as a Creative Consultant for various brands from CDMX and NYC
2021 Living in Mexico City & NYC, while managing art studio and freelance for specialized creative projects.
2022 Working at frog design as a Visual Designer, while maintaining art freelance studio