Gabor VajdaAddress: 6/1 53 Honved u., Kaposvar, 7400 Hungary Phone: +36208864531| E-Mail: vajdagee@gmail.com

Profile:

I am a hard-working, flexible, creative self-motivated person, with the ability to adapt to all sorts of

circumstances – as being self-employed. Also, I am an active listener who treats others in a

respectful manner - even when differences of opinion arise. Being a self-starter, confident in my

abilities, I need minimal supervision and suggest improvements on a continuous basis. I usually do

not wait for opportunities to come around – I work on creating them. I can work in a team and on

my own as well and have a service type attitude. If I have my own personal insights regarding

something, I am not afraid to voice it and to come up with creative suggestions, solutions. In

addition, I take responsibility very seriously and I am always open to changes.

Education

Journalist (attainment – DNF) University of Kaposvar, Hungary. 2007

TEFL teacher (attainment) – Philologist and Teacher of English Language and Literature 2008MsC, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary

Languages

English – fluent (certified EFL teacher)Hungarian – fluent (first/native language)French – limited working proficiency (B1 language exam)Japanese – passive understanding (2 years of learning)

Work Experience

Most relevant experience:

Freelance Copywriter and Translator 01/03/2013 – present

Main Responsibilities: Translating texts and copywriting tasks (writing press releases, articles, blog posts) mainly Information Technology-themed copywriting materials. Contractors include:

Precognox (Kaposvár, Hungary)Infocentrum (Kaposvár, Hungary)Language Experts Group (Budapest, Hungary)

Freelance EFL teacher in Hungary 01/03/2013 – present

Main Resposibilities: Conducting and teaching beginners’ English as a Foreign Language courses in EU-funded and regular framework and . Working on field in a 25km radius of Kaposvár, Hungary.

Subcontracted to various local and Budapest-based language teaching insitutions, such as:

Gabor VajdaFamily Language School (Kaposvár, Hungary)

Katedra Language School (Kaposvár, Hungary)

Intrepid Language School (Kaposvár, Hungary)

Ringroup Ltd. (Budapest, Hungary)

Training 360 Ltd. (Budapest, Hungary)

Juventus Training Centre (Budapest, Hungary)

Weblearning Online Language School (Dombóvár, Hungary)

Dialóg Language School (Nagykanizsa, Hungary)

MTOK (Kaposvár, Hungary)

Pontkom Language School (Budapest, Hungary)

Various manual labour work in the UK (see below) 01/09/2011 – 14/02/2013

Motoring Journalist - freelance 01/01/2009 – present

Main Responsibilities: Writing and copywriting duties for various print- and on-line motoring magazines, blogs, editing news – both in English and Hungarian.

Examples include (past and present):

vs.hu – writing motoring-related content to the magazine section of said Hungarian news

site

gaborvajda.kinja.com: affiliated with Gawker media. some posts drawing as much as

35,000+ views

Cult-Hugarian.hu (on-line Hungarian VW culture magazine): original content writer

VW Depo (Hungarian VW print magazine): original content writer

TestCar.hu (on-line Hungarian motoring magazine): original content writer

Born to be Wild (Hungarian hot rod and biker culture print magazine): original content

writer

HondaKlub.com (on-line Hungarian Honda forum): original content writer

RacingAndWaiting.com (on-line British motor racing magazine): original content writer

CarEnthusiast.co.uk and CompleteCar.ie (on-line British/Irish motoing magazine): news

editor

TouringCarTimes.com (on-line Swedish/British motor sports magazine): news editor

SRCInternational.blogspot.com (motoring blog): founder and original content writer

Tester – WebLib LLC; Kaposvar, Hungary 15/10/2010 – 15/08/2011

Gabor VajdaMain Responsibilities: Daily routine checking of existing products and databases; Testing products in development; Thesaurus building; SEO; HTML/CSS; Writing and editing relevant web content such as: press releases, news, blog posts, reviews, "shootout" tests; creating videos; miscellaneous marketing tasks.

EFL teacher - LITE Language School 08/04/2010 – 31/01/2011

Main Responsibilities: Teaching English as a foreign language in groups of various levels according to the company's recommended and demanded guidelines. In addition, responsible for introducing students to the English language at entry level, up to preparing them to C1 language exams at the final levels.

EFL teacher - LITE Language School 28/08/2009 – 31/03/2010

Main Responsibilities: Teaching English in secondary school classes according to national curriculum. Heavy use of frontal teaching methods.

Other experience gained:

Room Attendant / Linen Porter / Supervisor- Integrated Cleaning Management05/01/2013 – 12/01/2013

Main Responsibilities: - Cleaning hotel rooms and other areas at the site of Holiday Inn, Bristol Airport. Taking care of linen storage kept full checking cleanliness of rooms.

Between 19/11/2012 and 05/01/2013-jobseeking

Kitchen Porter – King’s Arms, Clifton, Bristol 23/08/2012 – 18/11/2012

Main Responsibilities: Dealing with washing up and basic preparation of food.

Between 27/07/2012 and 23/08/2012 – jobseeking

Production Operative – NextGen Recruits (15/09/2011 – 15/02/2012)15/09/2011 to 27/07/2012; Stonegate Farmers (16/02/2012 – 27/07/2012), Lacock, Wiltshire

Main Responsibilities: Working in a warehouse, assuring fluency of the production: placing end products on pallets, wrapping and moving them to designated area within the warehouse. Occasionally I am responsible for work on other parts of the line. Daily shift work.

Cleaner – Commercial Cleaning Services; Bath, Somerset 15/09/2011 – 15/11/2011

Main Responsibilities: Cleaning warehouses, offices and other facilities in a team and individually.

Gabor Vajda Cleaner - Adecco 29/08/2011 - 02/09/2011

Main Responsibilities: - Cleaning dormitory rooms and other areas at the site of the University of Wsest of England.

Certificates

Teacher of the English Language and Literature, MSc 20/02/2008

The Essential Knowledge of Key Stage Development (DYP Recruitment) 16/10/2012

Additional Skills

Reliable, precise, creative self-worker, good decision-making skills, able to determine goals,

multiple job performance, ability to coordinate.

Competent user of all Microsoft Software Packages (Windows, Excel, Open Office,

PowerPoint, MovieMaker)

Video and Sound editing.

Proficient in using the Internet and other web browsing softwares.

Category “B” full driving license since 2004 and have my own vehicle.

Personal Interests

Journalism – writing blog posts

Social Networking – being in the stream of the UK’s motoring Twitter network

Music – playing the guitar

General information-absorbing on the Internet