The Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile (IICCMER) is a governmental structure established in 2005 under the coordination of the Prime Minister. Its role consists of managing and scientifically analyzing the totalitarian period and its consequences. Also, IICCMER supports the creation and implementation of educational tools to a memorial end. The two-years period spent with IICCMER was a very fulfilling experience and an opportunity to develop my cultural marketing experience. My responsibilities included:• Deal with inquiries from the press and related organizations• Plan events from start to finish according to requirements, target audience and objectives• Come up with suggestions to enhance the event’s success• Prepare budgets and ensure adherence• Source and negotiate with vendors and suppliers• Analyze media coverage• Write press releases and articles for the website• Build and execute the social media strategy• Moderate all user-generated content in line with the moderation policy for each community• Continuously improve by capturing and analyzing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and then acting on the information

Urbicon is a construction company, part of Technocer Group. With a rich tradition and big projects in the portfolio, the company's services include: roads and bridges construction, industrial, landscaping and vertical systematization, civil, industrial and agricultural buildings.My role in the company started with building the brand, followed by specific marketing activities:• Prepare periodic reports on market and competitors’ analysis to provide a prompt response about the market trends• Develop each marketing campaign from start to finish• Experiment with various organic and paid acquisition channels• Present the marketing strategy to the sales force and constantly monitor the correct implementation• Coordinate media interest in the organization• Organize training workshops for employees and various events for the stakeholders

There are about 1,500 assistants who assist the Members of European Parliament (MEPs). Their tasks vary enormously: they can range from secretarial tasks to acting as a full-blown political advisor. Usually it is a mixture of several roles so assistants are often a sort of secretary-advisor-press-officer-tour guide (for visitors) all rolled into one.It is usual - though not universal - for them to be part of the same political group or party as their MEP. This shared political outlook, the long hours and the variety of tasks normally mean that a close working understanding between and MEP and their assistant is vital. In my case, I shared the National Liberal Party's political views.My activities included:• Manage and response to mail, manage MEP’s diary, responding to information requests, booking meetings, organizing travel arrangements, general office support• Speech writing and press work as appropriate• Desk research for reports, speeches, Parliamentary questions/letters and constituent queries• Organizing and overseeing group visits, seminars and receptions• Managing and overseeing expenditure of budget line for publications

The Prefecture is the Government local representative, guarantying the compliance of public laws and regulations at county level. Its main role consists of managing the Governmental local public institutions.My main activities included:• Organize the Prefect`s meetings with local representatives of civil society, syndicates, patronages, and political parties• Prepare presentations about the main problems of the county, analyzing data and statistics • Draft informative communications for civil society and institutions

The County Council is the authority of the local public administration in Romania. Its main role consists of coordinating city halls councils activities and the public service regional institutions.My contribution on the role included raising citizen awareness about European Integration, which took place in 2007, as well as the management of European funding.