Dr Sophie Whitehouse is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Education Lead for the Department of Marketing, and Director of the BSc Marketing programme at King’s Business School, King’s College London. She co-authors two Oxford University Press textbooks, Fundamentals of Marketing and Marketing, which underpin her teaching. Sophie also lectures on the postgraduate Art and Business programme at The Courtauld Institute of Art, drawing on her research on marketing in the creative industries. She has also contributed to the development of creative and cultural industries marketing curricula at leading UK universities. Beyond her roles at King’s, she holds Advance HE certification in External Examining and undertakes quality assurance roles at the London School of Economics and Political Science and ESCP Business School.

Sophie earned her PhD in Marketing, MSc in English Language and Linguistics, and BA in Management with Marketing from the University of Leicester. She is a Certified Management and Business Educator, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her work has been recognised internationally: in 2025 she was commended at the global Women in Marketing Awards for her contributions as a marketing educator, and her joint research received the Best Special Session Award at the Consumer Culture Theory Conference. In 2026, she was honoured with the King’s Business School Outstanding Educator Award and nominated for the Students’ Voice Award.

Sophie is passionate about advancing marketing education through research-informed teaching, industry collaboration, and experiential learning. She regularly collaborates with industry partners such as Uniqlo and Molton Brown and works closely with colleagues in careers and employability to help shape opportunities for experiential learning and industry engagement across the student experience. She frequently speaks at academic conferences, including the Academy of Marketing, the Association for Consumer Research, and the Consumer Culture Theory Conference. Her research into the emotional resonance of vinyl records has also received media attention, including coverage in Saga Magazine.

Dr Whitehouse is currently accepting new PhD students.