Szabolcs Szalay

- Head of MEP's Cabinet: coordinating a team of five assistants, policy advisory, communication (social media, press releases), political analysis, preparation of expert papers for debates, preparation of speeches and publications, preparation of legislative texts and amendments, liaison with my MEP's party family, liaison with diplomats, journalists and other stakeholders, organization of meetings and negotiations, leading collaboration among team members, shaping political strategy and communication, following the work of the AFET (Foreign Affairs) Committee

- Networking: attending diplomatic receptions, roundtables and conferences, intercultural communication

- Personal assistant for an MP: policy advisory, communication (social media, press releases), political analysis, preparation of expert papers for debates, preparation of speeches and publications, liaison with diplomats, journalists and other stakeholders, organization of events, meetings and negotiations, leading collaboration among team members, cooperation with MPs and other assistants on foreign affairs related topics, organization of business trips across Europe, international representation of the policies of the party of my MP, translation and occasionally interpretation between Hungarian and several languages: English, Croatian, Turkish

- Networking: attending diplomatic receptions, roundtables and conferences, assisting in execution of briefings for diplomats, press conferences and international conferences, intercultural communication

- Organization of a European Citizens' Initiative (Wage Union): including stakeholder management, contact with EU bodies, trade unions and NGOs

- Campaign activities: organization of grassroots campaign activities (participation in door-to-door campaigns, local campaign events), active participation in shaping political strategy and communication - including marketing image, advertisements and aligning strategies with a European orientation

- Occasional journalism on foreign policy and political theory

- Trainee at the Department for National Minorities: advising on policies concerning autochthonous national minorities living in Hungary, preparation of expertise reports, translation

- Organization of an international farming and agricultural expo: active participation in the preparatory works, drafting official correspondence, liaison with the Diplomatic Corps, universities with agricultural faculties, international students and farmer participants on a global level

- Supporting the daily operation of the Department for EU and FAO Affairs of the Ministry

- Trainee of an MP (parliamentary group leader and president of a political party): drafting papers on foreign policy, facilitating the daily operation of the foreign affairs team

- Assisting the daily operation of the office