Good, honest content
for the arts, education,
and technology
We believe in the beauty and power of language.
We work with organizations to create clear, compelling content that illuminates the best of what they do. We’ve collaborated with Tony- and Oscar-winning artists, top-ranked universities, and forward-thinking tech companies to create communications that enlighten, educate, and inspire action.
Services
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Writing
Everything from long-form articles to short, impactful ad copy. We can help you tell the story of your work and connect you to the people who need to hear it.
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Editing
Structural editing, line editing, and copy editing. We love language and obsess over every word, every comma, every semicolon.
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Communications Strategy
For when you don’t know where to start. Or where to go. We can help plot a course of action and steer the ship in the right direction.
Featured work
Meet NYU: The Business of Fashion with Gallatin Student Anthony Offia
Meet NYU: Santana Kavanaugh: The Confidence to Trailblaze
Meet NYU: From Liberal Studies to Engineering: A Journey of Discovery
NYU Q article: Live the Dream: Study the Arts at NYU
Northwestern SPS: Pre-Medicine Student Reflects on SPS Experience
Goodman Theatre: 2012/2013 Season Marketing Copy
Goodman Theatre: The Unexpected Woman: The Life and Work of Yasmina Reza
ACT: Resistance to Normalcy: A Brief Biography of Christopher Logue
Elastic ebook (collaboration with Elastic and Lighthouse Creative): One Search at a Time
Bay Alarm: AI vs. DIY: Why a Commercial Security System is Worth the Investment
…plus copywriting and editing work for Elastic, Cloudera, Convera, the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and many more.
Past and current collaborators
About Brave Bird
Lesley Gibson has more than 15 years of experience collaborating with high-profile arts, education, and cultural organizations to create evocative marketing and educational content. She specializes in helping organizations develop communications that do justice to their creative or technical work, content that connects with the right audiences and inspires them to action.
She’s reimagined websites for a better user experience, written show copy for blockbuster performances, built blogs from scratch, and crafted long-form articles on everything from the rebel poet Christopher Logue to how AI is shaping the museum experience. She specializes in helping high-profile organizations create communications that resonate with diverse audiences and has collaborated with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winners.
Lesley grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and has lived in London, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Chicago. She’s based in New York City and—like the bar-tailed godwit, the brave bird that migrates annually between the US and Australasia—travels frequently to Sydney, Australia.
People love to tell her that she asks a lot of questions.