Line Cook, Public Relations

Location:

Pocatello, ID

Posted:

August 09, 2025

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Resume:

Deven Smith

Pocatello, ID 208-***-**** ********@***.***

www.linkedin.com/in/deven-smith09

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Corp Comm-Advertising Dec 2024

Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Associate of Arts May 2022

Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

Experience

Line Cook June 2018 to Present

Applebees, Pocatello, Idaho Aug 2014 to June 2016

●Collaborated with the other cooks to have a constant flow of food going out to the customers while maintaining low ticket times.

●Promoted a healthy work environment by being upbeat, productive, and ready to work.

●Ensured there was enough food product prepared for the day by correct portion size while minimizing food waste which helped out with food product cost.

Soccer Coach Sept 2022 to Oct 2024

Gate City Youth Sports, Pocatello, Idaho

●Explained the rules of soccer to new beginners and a refresher to those who have played already which made our communication easier when I had to tell them what to work on.

●Demonstrated foot dribbling, foot placement, kicking placement, and the correct way to throw the ball when out of bounds which made it easier for the team to understand and to use for their skills development.

●Motivated each soccer player with positive reinforcement which produces productive practices and good knowledge displayed in games while having fun.

●Coordinated with parents of the soccer team by communicating via text message or phone call when practice was, game schedule, team pictures, and if any of the soccer players was going to be late or wouldn't be at a game or practice.

PR Campaign Book Jan 2024 to May 2024

ISU CMP 4446 Public Relations Campaigns Project, Pocatello, Idaho

●Partnered with CMP classmates to produce a PR campaign book for the Communication, Media, and Persuasion department that was successfully done.

●Researched the client's history of the program and condensed it down to a single page.

●Coordinated with know donors of Idaho State University via call and email to get donations for the event we held on April 12, 2024 which we hit our objective #1 which was to increase face to face engagement among 50 CMP students.

●Generated powerpoints with info about the opportunities the CMP department offered to students with the goal of raising awareness to 50 students which was 100% achieved by having 54 students come to our event on April 12, 2024.

Leadership Presentation Aug 2023 to Dec 2023

ISU CMP 3320 Foundations of Leadership Project, Pocatello, Idaho

●Prepared a video with classmates on what is good leadership skills and what is not which we successfully did ahead of the deadline with time to edit the video so it was 100% the way we wanted it.

●Researched on what is considered bad traits of leadership for my part in the video and it turned out great with humorous appeal to our audience.

●Coordinated with assigned classmates via text on where and when to meet during the semester to go over the leadership project and when someone couldn't make it we took turns writing down the group's discussion so we could inform whoever was absent.

Gaming Technician June 2016 to June 2018

Fort Hall Casino, Fort Hall, Idaho

●Conducted great customer service everytime a customer’s gaming machine was having issues I would diagnose what the error was and fix it.

●Diagnosed gaming machine errors by hard reset, wiping dirty sensors, tightening loose door locks, out of paper, frozen screens, and etc, so this would maximize the machine potential to be played which increased profits and customer satisfaction.

●Maintained a good relationship with repeat customers by showing them new gaming machines and going over the rules of the new gaming machine which they appreciated.

Prep Cook, Line Cook, Server May 2011 to Aug 2014

Red Lobster, Pocatello, Idaho

●Conducted great customer service by ensuring guests were taken care of to the full extent.

●Clarified any questions customers had with our menu prices and ingredients used.

●Collaborated with the other cooks to have a constant flow of food going out to the customers while maintaining low ticket times.

●Ensured there was enough food product prepared for the day by correct portion size while minimizing food waste which helped out with food product cost.

Deven Smith

Pocatello, ID 208-***-**** ********@***.***

www.linkedin.com/in/deven-smith-a4286a24b

References

Patrick Mann

Director of Operations for the Flynn Group

5962 S Alston Ave.

Meridian, ID 83642

801-***-****

*****@*****.***

Matt Bennett

Kitchen Manager for Applebees