Brandon Espasandin
Grafton
Summary
Individual with a proven history of leadership, planning, and problem-solving. Adept at collaborating with others to accomplish demanding objectives, motivate staff, and organize resources. Systematic understanding of maintaining coverage for all operational and sanitary needs.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Asst. Manager
Regal Entertainment Group
Sheffield
11.2022 - Current
- Overseeing day-to-day theater operations.
- Opening and closing the theater, including arming/disarming alarms, and securing facilities.
- In-depth facility inspections (auditoriums, food service areas, emergency exits, fire extinguishers, perimeter, parking lot, offices, closets, receiving rooms, and pest traps).
- Supervising floor staff and managing employee performance.
- Training new and existing employees on all floor staff duties.
- Counseling employees for dereliction of duties, insubordination, and policy violations.
- Scheduling, programming movies, playlists, and showtimes.
- Ingesting physical hard drives, and transferring content to the media server and projectors.
- Turning projectors on/off, monitoring for faults, and maintaining system functionality.
- Performing general and deep cleaning throughout the facility.
- Conducting minor maintenance (painting, spackling, installing wall hooks, installing transition strips, and minor plumbing repairs).
- Replacing projector bulbs (2,000–6,000 watts) and projector filters.
- Personally addressing facility issues when possible, and occasionally generating service tickets for contractor intervention.
- Financial Management & Cash Handling
- Creating register floats and handling daily cash procedures.
- Depositing takings, funds, and monitoring money-handling accuracy.
- Receiving incoming shipments of supplies and food products.
- Organizing, storing, and tracking inventory; monitoring inventory health, and variances.
- Retaining and filing invoices, and other operational paperwork.
- Running operational and financial reports.
- Programming price cards and maintaining accurate logs
- Email etiquette.
- Creating crisis kits with pricing information for emergency register outages.
- Referencing service tickets and communicating with contractors.
Instrument Repair Technician/Sales Associate
Guitar Center
North Olmsted
01.2024 - 05.2025
- Performing a complete guitar and bass setup to optimize playability, tuning accuracy, and minimize fret buzz.
- Removing and replacing strings efficiently.
- Conducting deep fretboard cleaning using naphtha and other specialized cleaning agents.
- Troubleshooting, repairing, and fully replacing electronics.
- Adjusting truss rods, nuts, and saddles for proper neck relief and action.
- Setting action height and performing precise intonation adjustments.
- Cleaning and polishing all hardware to restore proper function and appearance.
- Leveling and dressing frets using fret levels, files, and specialized tools.
- Performing clay bar treatments, polishing, and waxing instruments to a high-gloss finish.
- Installing or replacing necks, and performing neck shimming for optimal alignment.
- Repairing or replacing hardware components.
- Diagnosing electronic issues using a multimeter.
- Performing finish and paint repairs.
- Repairing acoustic bridges (reglue), and addressing body cracks, gouges, and structural damage.
- Repairing cracked or broken headstocks.
- Regluing fretboards.
- Fabricating nuts and acoustic saddles to custom specifications.
- Point of sale understanding and operation.
- Having an extensive knowledge of our different brands of instruments and equipment.
- Sale strategies to maximize the likelihood of a sale.
- Ability to hold an extensive conversation with a customer about their music interests, skill level, and pitch different gear and lesson plans according to this.
- Accessing databases to reference customer information such as their account or store credit card
- Merchandising
- Buying in customer gear based on resale value, supply, demand, condition of the item, consulting with our experts, negotiating price, and any accompanying discounts the seller may want in tandem with their sale.
Closing Manager
Pacific Bells
Grafton
12.2023 - 07.2024
- Preparing food safely and maintaining proper food-handling standards.
- Coaching and developing team members to improve performance and efficiency.
- Performing tasks to optimize speed, accuracy, and overall customer satisfaction.
- Handling extremely high-stress situations, including rushes, product shortages, and line backups.
- Making rapid, informed decisions to maximize efficiency and accuracy during peak periods.
- Cleaning and sanitizing work areas.
- Counting cash drawers.
- Conducting inventory checks.
- Entering operational data into computer systems.
- Arming security systems, and securing the building.
- Holding an official food-handling certification.
Senior Center Cleaner/Recycling Center Manager
City of North Olmsted
North Olmsted
06.2019 - 08.2021
- Deep cleaning restrooms.
- Dry/wet mopping of floors.
- General dusting, cleaning of offices, common areas, break rooms, and storage areas.
- Using a leaf blower to pile up leaves.
- Completing large-scale cleaning projects within the fleet maintenance garage.
- Managing day-to-day recycling center operations.
- Effectively handling high-stress situations.
- Operating forklifts safely and efficiently.
- Organizing, preparing, and transporting large quantities of household hazardous waste to certified recycling facilities.
- Performing detailed cleaning of vehicles and equipment.
- Polishing and applying cosmetic decals to fire engines, ambulances, police vehicles, and other city fleet vehicles.
- Using specialized tools, such as needle scalers, for surface preparation.
- Applying POR (Paint Over Rust) and other protective coatings to prevent corrosion on vehicles.
- Flushing, cleaning, and painting fire hydrants.
Education
Associate of Arts With Honors -
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH05.2024
High School Diploma -
Midview High School
Grafton, OH05-2019
Skills
- Janitorial and commercial cleaning
- General repairs
- Physical labor proficiency
- Inventory management techniques
- Management of store operations
- Food service and kitchen skills
- Cashier and cash handling expertise
- Retail sales strategies
- Effective communication abilities
- Experience in training staff
- Instrument repair
Certification
Ohio Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection
Languages
- English, Fluent
- Spanish, Intermediate
Groups
Phi Theta Kappa Member, 02/01/22, Present
Timeline
Instrument Repair Technician/Sales Associate
Guitar Center
01.2024 - 05.2025
Closing Manager
Pacific Bells
12.2023 - 07.2024
Asst. Manager
Regal Entertainment Group
11.2022 - Current
Senior Center Cleaner/Recycling Center Manager
City of North Olmsted
06.2019 - 08.2021
Associate of Arts With Honors -
Lorain County Community College
High School Diploma -
Midview High School