Jeffrey Mark Durkee

**** ********* ******

Philadelphia, PA 19151

acrvxl@r.postjobfree.com

215-***-****

Professional History

Roman Restaurant Group (6 restaurants)

The Treemont Restaurant (Roman Restaurant Group transfer) 231 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia PA 19151

2/15-7/15: General Manager

●Supervised and trained staff in food, beverage, and service.

●Maintained all scheduling.

●Sales and planning of all private parties, catering, charity, and off-site events.

●Created and maintained beverage program.

●Handled all budgets and associated paperwork.

●All maintenance and repairs to restaurant and equipment. Blackfish Restaurant BYOB

119 Fayette St. Conshohocken PA 19428

2/14-2/15: General Manager

●Supervised and trained new staff in food and service.

●Maintained scheduling for all FOH employees.

●Sales and planning of all private parties, catering, charity, and off-site events.

●Handled budgets and associated paperwork.

● All maintenance and repairs to restaurant and equipment...

●Assisted with needs and operations of Mica Restaurant, Tradestone Café, and Charles Roman Catering.

Verdad Restaurant and Tequila Bar

818 W. Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr PA 19010

8/11-2/14: General Manager

●Supervised and trained staff in food, beverage, and service.

●Maintained scheduling for all FOH employees.

●Planned for private parties, catering, charity, and off-site events.

●Handled budgets and associated paperwork.

●Created and maintained beverage program revolving around tequila.

●Coordinated and supervised Tequila University: a bi-monthly in house private event that instructs pairing of food with tequila.

●Researched, located, acquired, and set up a Food Truck used for private parties and events.

●Directed interior updates: updated all new interior paint schemes including built faux frames for wall décor, designed and built infusion bar, constructed and surface painted all exterior tables for patio use, selected and installed new lighting, light plumbing repairs.

Union Taco (under same owners of Verdad)

(Continued to manage Verdad while building out new venue for owner of Verdad) 712 West Girard Ave, Philadelphia PA 19123

10/13-3/14: Manager/Designer/Construction

●Designed and constructed restaurant: repaired and repainted walls, ceiling, and floors, ran simple electrical configurations, plumbed gas and water lines.

● Met all Philadelphia health and safety guidelines for new restaurants.

● Set up and trained employees on in house service, take-out, and delivery procedures. A La Maison Bistro

53 W. Lancaster Ave. Ardmore, PA 19003

8/12-10/13: Assistant Manager

●Professionally served French cuisine.

●Managed and trained all FOH Staff.

●Created a schedule for all FOH employees.

●Maintained all ordering and inventory.

●Upheld maintenance and cleanliness of restaurant. Fabrison’s Crepery 1 (short-term project, completed while working at Morimoto) 1425 India St. San Diego, CA 92101

02/09: Interior Design/Build

Fabrison’s Crepery 2 (short-term project, completed while working at Hussian) 1120 Adella Ave Coronado, CA 92118

03/12: Interior Design/Build

Morimoto

723 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106

2003-2011: Server

Hussian School of Art

The Bourse, suite 301 Philadelphia PA 19106

2004-2011: Art Instructor

●Instructor of printmaking to college freshman, junior and senior level students as it applies to illustration and graphic design.

Muralist:

2007-2009

Philadelphia Mummers: “The Avenuers” and “The Jokers” Philadelphia Convention Center-final performance

●Worked for two Philadelphia Mummer groups to execute large moveable murals for New Year’s Day performances.

Muralist:

2005

Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Lutheran Settlement House, 1340 N. Frankford Avenue

●Worked and collaborated with Big Picture Program students ages 8-17, from 6 different sites on a collaborative mosaic mural.

2004

Tile Installer

●Installed tiles made by students funded by Delphi foundation, in partnership with Mural Arts Program.

2003

Mosaic Installer, 16th and Diamond Streets

●Assisted in the installation of mosaic-based mural Philadelphia Museum of Art, Mural located on 3rd and Washington Streets

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David Kaceria Incorporated (DKI)

Gardner, NY

2001-2002: Pigment Specialist

●Acted as client consultant in project development and onsite analysis.

●Worked with dry pigments and various materials to duplicate original exterior walls and architectural details.

●Maintained and oversaw production crew for quality control. Education

2001 State University of New York at New Paltz

●Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts with a concentration in Printmaking. 2002-2009 Continuing Education Courses

●Samuel S. Fleisher Arts Memorial

Courses in etching, open studio printmaking, photography, painting, and glass casting.

●University of the Arts, Continuing Education

Courses in Graphic Design programs, including Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Quark Express

●Mount Airy Learning tree

Course in Dreamweaver

References

Charles Roman, Owner of Roman Restaurant Group 610-***-**** Nick Farina, Owner of Verdad and Union Taco 267-***-**** Alex Bell, Project Manager for Starr Organization 215-***-**** Dan Nelson, General Manager of Morimoto 814-***-****

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