Sonia Robinson-Jones is a design professional with over 25 years of experience working as a commercial fashion designer with major UK high-street store groups. Sonia now works within the education sector, delivering exemplary service levels in learning, teaching, and assessment to a broad range of learners from mixed-ability backgrounds and various age ranges.
Sonia has teaching experience at Nottingham Trent University, University of Brighton, Central St Martins College, Fashion Retail Academy, London College of Fashion, Northumbria University and University East London. Her industry experience at A Wear, Alexon International, ASOS, Dorothy Perkins, Little Mistress, Marks & Spencer, New Look, Next, Republic, Ted Baker, Top Shop, Wallis and Warehouse.
She is focused on harnessing her industry knowledge to share with the next generation of fashion practitioners, focusing on the challenges the fashion industry faces environmentally, socially, economically, and culturally. Sonia is committed to sustainable fashion and circularity. Her contributions to Fashion articles in The Independent Newspaper, I News Paper, and Byrdie Blog Posts are testaments to her dedication.