DARREN BOYLE
N-** Autumn Ridge
Blackwood, New Jersey 08012
******.*******@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
FRIENDLY’S RESTAURANT, Glassboro and Westmont, NJ 2011, 1995-2006
Manager
• Managed a full-service restaurant with over forty employees (9-12 per shift).
• Responsible for overseeing the hiring and orientation of employees as well as training individuals on all aspects of the restaurant.
• Maintained accurate records of all financial matters including company cash flow, deposits, expenses and payroll.
• Served as store Sales and Marketing representative which included arranging in-restaurant fund-raising events for Easter Seals charity.
• Performed regular operational duties ensuring safety regulations and quality standards maintained.
DENNY’S RESTAURANT, Clementon, NJ 2006-2010
Manager
• Managed a $30,000 a week (million plus yearly) restaurant with over forty employees.
• Oversaw all aspects of shift supervision, including labor and food cost control, inventory responsibilities, all financial matters and employee training.
• Received several quarterly bonus awards due to increased sales.
• Taught and demonstrated new marketing events to staff.
LA SALLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA 1989-1995
Public Relations Coordinator
• Researched, wrote and placed home-town news releases for hundreds of La Salle students each semester (Dean’s List, graduation, internships, scholarships) – the first time the university has published student achievements so extensively.
• Wrote numerous articles as contributing writer, acted as chief proofreader and edited alumni notes for La Salle quarterly alumni magazine with circulation of 38,000.
• Directed student publicity and campus special events, which involved extensive interface with print and broadcast media.
• Handled press-related details with other News Bureau staff for major events, including the resignation of the former university president and the visit to campus of the president of the Ukraine.
• Interacted frequently with all levels of the university including students, faculty and administration as well as outside contractors for photography and printing.
EDUCATION
Rowan University
Degree: BA, Communications with major in Public Relations 1989
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• General competency with computers, including email, internet, and Microsoft Office’s Excel, Word
• Desktop Publishing
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ACTIVITIES
• Serv-Safe Certified by The National Restaurant Association, 2010.
• Professional mentor for two new managers at area Denny’s, 2007-08.
• Selected to represent Friendly’s at Urban League 1998 Career Fair.
• Attended 1991-1993 College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania Development Conferences.
• Chosen to represent La Salle University at John B. Stetson Middle School Career Day.
• Member of Glassboro State College Chapter of the AJF/P.R.S.S.A. (Public Relations Student Society of America), 1986 and 1988 winners of Outstanding Chapter of the Nation Award, 1987-1988.
• Treasurer of P.R.S.S.A., 1988-1989.
• Wrote feature stories for The Flash, a Mid-Atlantic regional Marriott Corporation newsletter, 1988.