Zachary Falcone

Voorhees, New Jersey ***** ad2b0h@r.postjobfree.com 856-***-****

Summary

Results oriented, goal-driven, motivated individual seeking career opportunity in creative writing. EDUCATION

English and Film Studies BA May 2023

Rutgers University

GPA - 3.8

Liberal Arts AA June 2020

Camden County College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Black Olive March 2017 -Present

Voorhees, NJ

Server

! Providing professional high-quality food and beverage service with a focus on up-selling and recommend- ing products that compliments the dining experience

! Ensuring a pleasant dining experience for around 30 patrons per shift by providing excellent service, shar- ing kindness and respect as well as making them feel at home in the restaurant

! Trained twelve new employees on restaurant menu, policies and procedures

! Helping increase revenue by fostering repeat business when gaining new regular customers who rely on my knowledge of the menu and Greek cuisine leading to the best dining experience around

! Led the team to win the 2023 Best Service Award in South Jersey from Open Table Lamberti’s Tutti Toscani Restaurant August 2014 - March 2017 Cherry Hill, NJ

Server

! Provided professional high-quality food and beverage service by upsetting menu items and recommending dishes that best served each guests’ wants. Giving regular and big party tables complimentary drinks and desserts after the second course

! Ensured pleasant dining experience for patrons by greeting each new table with kindness and a sense of humor to make them feel at ease to enjoy their meals and making them regular customers to the restaurant

! Trained around 20 new employees on restaurant menu, policies and procedures

! Helped create the Sunset Menu which brought in more business in the 3:00pm to 5:00pm hours Extra Curricular Activities

! Influencer - Creator of x.com/firstrowreviews - A top Twitter movie account with over 6,000 followers which garners 100,000s of thousands of impressions across the globe

! Rutgers Camden Newspaper – “The Gleaner” - Reporter and film critic

! Screenwriter of feature film JUNKIES, accepted into over six different screenplay competitions

! Five movie reviews published in the south Jersey newspaper, The Courier Post

! Featured movie reviews on kingroomentertainment.com Expert Skills

! Microsoft Word

! Microsoft Excel

! Wordpress

! Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat

! Screenwriting

! Editing - Visual media, essays and reports

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