Nichole Lefebvre Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Manage the Philanthropy Leadership Program (PLP), a training course for Stanford Medicine leaders to develop scientific storytelling skills, executive presence, and an understanding of fundraising strategy.
• Lead organization-wide content strategy. Facilitate monthly meeting to share and repurpose content. Maintain org-wide content calendar to help colleagues plan ahead and collaborate across teams.
• Write talking points and coach physician-scientists on speaking engagements (keynotes, hospital tours, donor meetings, professorship dinners).
• Draft letters, reports, articles, and thought-leadership posts for executives and faculty.
• Create communications tools for gift officers, including primers on disease-areas and speaker preparation guidelines.
• Serve as co-leader of ERG focused on environmental stewardship and sustainability.

San Francisco, CA

• In June 2018, I launched my editorial consulting business, landing four clients in the first week.
• I specialized in editing literary fiction and memoir.
• Above all, I prided myself on giving clients constructive and direct criticism––lauding their strengths while pointing out areas for improvement.

Oakland, California

• Planned editorial and social media calendars, mapping our storytelling strategy to the school's mission.
• Reported articles, Q&As, and profiles for print and digital channels.
• Served as managing editor of Head-Royce Magazine: planned, wrote, and edited articles aligned with the strategic plan; hired photographers; collaborated with designers and printers.
• Managed external communications to K–12 parent and alumni communities.
• Planned and publicized the CommunityEd Speaker Series. Guest authors included Kwame Alexander, Angela Davis, Ruth Ozeki, Angie Thomas (over 1,000 tickets sold), and Florence Williams.
• Wrote blog posts, speeches, and talking points for the Head of School and Director of Equity + Inclusion, often collaborating on edits via Google docs.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

At UVA, I taught fiction and nonfiction workshops, facilitating discussions on student work and published creative writing. I taught students to balance objective, craft-oriented observations with opinions on aesthetics. In one-on-one meetings, I enjoyed suggesting further reading based on each student's style and interests.

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Working in public services at UVA's Special Collections Library gave me a deep admiration for archival research, how we engage with historical artifacts, and the work of preservation. At the reference desk, I checked out and discharged rare books and manuscripts; taught students and new researchers how to handle delicate materials; and aided researchers in.

Greater New York City Area

Rights Management:- Developed and nurtured relationships with literary scouts, international co-agents, and editors - Read client manuscripts and discussed sales estimates with the agents - Read non-agency manuscripts that sold widely to develop a sense of what works abroad - Pitched books in meetings, calls, and emails with international editors and.

Greater New York City Area

- With the international rights manager as a guide, learned the types of books that "travel well" - Read client manuscripts and discussed sales estimates with the agent - Reviewed and strengthened contracts - Tracked contract statuses, following up on any languishing payments - Filed for and tracked 30-40 foreign tax exemption forms (6166) per year.

- Corresponded with authors and other departments to maintain publication schedules- Commissioned reviews of proposals and manuscripts - Prepared review summaries with revision suggestions- Drafted proposals; drafted and routed contracts- Wrote New Book Announcements with suggested flap copy and selling points- Managed supplement programs, including.

Greater New York City Area

- Read and reported on manuscripts for three agents- Managed electronic slush pile for entire agency- Edited and updated website content

-Edited and routed book jackets; formatted verso for bound galleys-Contacted other departments for transmittal updates on jacket passes-Verified accuracy of final quantity slips and bound galley invoices-Chose BISAC subject categories for upcoming titles -Attended weekly production meetings and book jacket meetings

-Researched and presented paper at two conferences, the Columbia Symposium and the Leadership Alliance National Symposium in Virginia

-Conducted marketing research-Compiled press kits-Managed social networking accounts

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing, Fiction

Bachelor Of Arts, English Language & Literature, Creative Writing

Activities and Societies: Pforzheimer Honors College, Aphros Literary Magazine, The Dyson Society of Fellows, Alpha Chi, Phi Sigma Iota

Leadership Alliance Mellon Fellow, English Language And Literature/Letters

Education record