Hi!

I'm Leslie Rose

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WHO I AM

ABOUT

Hi! I'm

Children's media content specialist with proven success in creating specialized, unique digital material for kids

I'm the former social media manager for the number one kids’ music brand, an experienced content creator, and a web developer who is especially passionate about the front end of kids' applications. I care deeply about creating impactful electronic materials for children that enrich minds, encourage exploration, and provide unforgettable experiences no matter their background or experience level.

I received my Master’s in Children’s Media from NYU. While living in New York City, I had the privelege of studying with children’s media industry leaders, and interning and working at companies like Sesame Workshop. I'm very detail-oriented and focused, and I have worked in the children's media field remotely for over a decade.

I am also the puppeteer of Bleeckie Streetie and am developing an animated children's television show focused on music literacy.

I hope to continue using my experience and skills to empower children to excel creatively and academically.

Social Media Manager

I've created, published, and moderated social content for 60+ accounts, strengthened brand awareness through social media partner posts, and developed and executed specialized campaigns to increase followers and engagement.

Programming Specialist

Through specialized strategies, materials, outreach, customer support, presentations, and curricular advisement, I've helped support successful programming, strengthened brand relationships, and developed new programs.

Web Developer

By participating in an intensive 24-week long boot camp, I built web apps and improved my skills in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Firebase, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, Express, Handlebars.js, and ReactJS. I most recently applied these skills in my role as a Club Success Specialist at Girls Who Code.

Puppeteer

My puppet, Bleeckie Streetie, was nominated for a Lonestar Emmy in 2012, and has been featured numerous times throughout the US, including in hospitals, museums, and media outlets.

Creator

In addition to creating digital children's content for various organizations, I currently have an animated children's television show in development.

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History

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Experience

GIRLS WHO CODE JAN 2019 - APRIL 2020

• Managed relationships with a portfolio of 1000+ instructors, ensuring proper dissemination of successful programming

• Assisted instructors with setup and execution of club curriculum preparation, programming strategy, coding troubleshooting, student recruitment and retention, and websites

• Developed and delivered successful outreach campaigns

• Managed program materials in Salesforce and through the company website's backend

• Created instructional videos to assist with platform navigation, curriculum, and program implementation

• Regularly hosted webinars to support instructors nationwide
BLEECKIE STREETIE SEPT 2009 - PRESENT

• Nominated for a Lonestar Emmy in 2012

• Work featured across a variety of platforms and communities including print, digital, and broadcast in Dallas, hospitals in Florida and Michigan, museum exhibits in Cincinnati and Arizona, and teaching programs throughout the state of Texas

• Projects include collaborations with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and several nationally touring musicals, interviewing public figures, and creating educational and interactive videos for children
KIDZ BOP JAN 2009 - DEC 2018

• Developed a social media strategy that organically increased the brand’s Facebook fan base by 127% in less than 6 months

• Created, published, and moderated social content across over sixty KIDZ BOP social media accounts

• Crafted unique content that elevated brand awareness and external partnerships

• Worked closely with partners including LEGOLAND, YouTube, LiveNation, Amazon Music, iTunes, DreamWorks’ Trolls, Juicy Juice, Furby, SiriusXM, Spotify, The Harlem Globetrotters, Banana Boat, and Build-A-Bear
ANIMAL JAM 2017

• Reviewed newly registered account usernames to ensure they did not disclose personal information or contain vulgarities

• Vetted user drawn images and determined if they were appropriate

• Monitored live in-game chat and chat logs and issued player account disciplines accordingly

• Identified language tactics that attempted to bypass chat filters and made suggestions for improvement
BIG THOUGHT JULY 2010 - DEC 2011

• Designed music curriculum for one of Big Thought's 'Thriving Minds' summer programs

• Developed and oversaw a children’s arts enrichment program at a Dallas Independent School District school

• Managed the program’s staff
TEEN NICK & NICKELODEON JAN 2009 - DEC 2010

• Through these internships, I assisted with the development, delivery, and marketing strategies of new and returning live-action and animated shows such as one of Teen Nick’s highest rated shows, Degrassi: The Next Generation

• Prepared and organized materials for large scale award shows including the Kids’ Choice Awards and HALO Awards
SESAME WORKSHOP AUG 2008 - DEC 2010

• Conducted research studies to assess children’s responses to Sesame Workshop’s television programs, apps, and computer games including testing of the first season of The Electric Company reboot
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AUG 2008 - DEC 2010

• Taught students Scratch, the programming language created by the MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten group

• Created a collaborative NYC Water Supply System activity for 3rd grade students, which won first prize in the Department of Environmental Protection’s NYC Water Supply Contest

Education

SMU MARCH - AUG 2018

FULL-STACK WEB DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE

• An intensive 24-week long boot camp dedicated to designing and building web applications. Skills learned consisted of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Firebase, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, Express, Handlebars.js, & ReactJS
NYU AUG 2008 - MAY 2010

• MA IN CHILDREN'S MEDIA

• Thesis: Integrating Music Literacy Into Children’s Television

• Awarded the Gallatin Dean’s Scholarship and Richard Essey Scholarship

• 4.0 GPA
SMU AUG 2004 - MAY 2008

• BA IN CINEMA/TV

• BA IN PSYCHOLOGY

My Skills

Social Media Management

Facebook

95%

Instagram

95%

YouTube

95%

Twitter

96%

Copywriting

90%

Content Moderation

95%

Ad Campaigns

80%

Customer Support

95%

Community Management

98%

Coding Skills

HTML5

92%

CSS3

84%

Javascript

75%

jQuery

75%

Bootstrap

80%

Content Creation & Organizational Skills

Adobe Photoshop

80%

Salesforce

80%

Final Cut Pro

80%

Microsoft Office

95%

Google Suite

95%

Procreate

80%

Yesware

95%

Cirrus

95%

Artistic Skills

Cello

90%

Illustration

80%

Vocal Performance

90%

Music Sight Reading

90%

Puppeteering

90%

My Projects

Latest Work

My Projects

Sample social posts, scripts, and copy available upon request.

All
Apps
Videos
Illustrations

FRIDGEfit
Creates recipes from the ingredients in your fridge using the Edamam API and directs you to the nearest grocery store for any last minute ingredients using the Google Maps API. This was our first group project in my Full-Stack Web Development course. I assisted with backend functionality and spearheaded the Google maps API integration to determine grocery store locations and offer exercise advice.
Zootopia Clicky Game
Zootopia Memory game using React.
Constructor Hangman (Word Guess)
Constructor Hangman (Word Guess) that utilizes constructors, the NPM Inquirer.js package, objects, and Node.js.
Broadway Hangman
Broadway-themed hangman game that features dynamically updated HTML and CSS powered by JavaScript.
FIDO FINDER
Full-stack app that takes in results from users' surveys, then compares their answers with those from other users to find the best 'match,' or dog friend, for them.
What The Text?
App where users can share their funniest, craziest, & most 'What The Text?!'-worthy convos. This was created as a group project in my Full-Stack Web Development course, and I helped with both the front and backend.
Style My Travel
Full-stack React app where jetsetters can get some seriously fab inspiration for their travels. This was our final group project in my Full-Stack Web Development course, and my focus was on the backend functionality and APIs.
New York Times Article Scrubber
Uses the React mounting lifecycle to query & display articles based on user searches. Users can also save them to read later using Mongo.
Mongo Scraper
App that scrapes the HuffPost Dogs site to retrieve pawesome news stories.
EAT-DA-BURGER
Burger logger with MySQL, Node, Express, Handlebars and a homemade ORM.
DEMO

BAMAZON!
Amazon-like storefront that uses MySQL, Node.js, NPM Inquirer.js, and JavaScript to take in orders from customers and deplete stock from the store's inventory.
F.R.I.E.N.D.S Trivia Game
Trivia game about the TV show, 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S', that utilizes timers, JavaScript for the logic, and jQuery to manipulate HTML.
LIRI Bot
A Language Interpretation and Recognition Interface command line node app similar to SIRI that takes in parameters and gives back data.
Rock Paper Scissors Firebase Multiplayer Game
This application allows two users with separate devices to play Rock Paper Scissors against one another. Users' stats, choices, and chat messages are tracked and updated in realtime via Firebase.
Like, Totally Tubular 80s Gifs!
This site calls the GIPHY API and populates the page with 80s TV show gifs. Additionally, the user can use this site to search for their own 80s TV shows.
Lucille Ball
Beach Smores
Super Mom
Drawing of Family
For canvas
Social Distancing Self Portrait
Ants at a Picnic
Toilet Paper Princess
Cat Playing the Bass
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Distressed Dino
Unknown Girl in Forest
Cake drawn in Procreate
Flower name gif via Procreate
GIF via Procreate
Animated avatar made in Procreate
Back cover of children's book
Backstage with Bleeckie
Bleeckie goes to The Meyerson Symphony Center to hear The Dallas Symphony play Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". While at The Meyerson, Bleeckie ends up lost backstage, where she meets several musicians and learns about their instruments!
Interview with E.G. Daily from Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, & more!
Bleeckie interviews E.G. Daily, the multi-talented entertainer and voice behind many well-known animated characters including Tommy Pickles from "Rugrats" and Buttercup from "The Powerpuff Girls"!
Peter Pan Interview - Hadley Belle Miller and Sophie Sooter
Bleeckie the puppet interviews Hadley Belle Miller and Sophie Sooter, who play Michael Darling in Peter Pan the musical.
Bleeckie's BFFs
In this funny and educational video for kids, Bleeckie the puppet tries to solve a kid's riddle by traveling to Texas Rangers' Ballpark in Arlington, meeting with a yo yo champion, and... eating ice cream!
Annie Interview - Issie Swickle
Bleeckie the puppet interviews Issie Swickle, who stars in Annie the musical!
Interview with the Kids of Disney's The Lion King

Bleeckie the puppet interviews Young Simba, played by Jordan A. Hall and Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, and Young Nala, played by Nya Cymone Carter and Zyasia Jadea Page.
Interview with the Kids of Mary Poppins

Bleeckie the puppet interviews Alexa Shae Niziak and Lucas Shultz, who play Jane and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins.
Interview with Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid Musical

Bleeckie interviews Chelsea Morgan Stock, who plays Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid musical.
Interview with Paige Faure from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Bleeckie interviews Paige Faure from Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella!
Backstage with Bleeckie -- The Nutcracker and The Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Bleeckie dreams of being a ballerina and dancing in The Nutcracker. When she gets to go to the Meyerson Symphony Center to hear The Dallas Symphony perform Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker' with dancers from Booker T. Washington High School, she is ready for her dreams to come true!