jordan maris

Over a total of 5 years studying European Affairs, as well as a year in the College of Europe's post-graduate Political and Governance Studies programme, I have acquired an extensive knowledge of European Affairs, Policy, and Governance.

Courses during my masters degree, and at the College of Europe, including with Jean-Claude Junker's former speech writer, have helped me improve my communication skills in a European context, and bolster my existing communications experience.

IT has been a long-standing passion and interest of mine. Having been part of the digital rights movements of the early 2010s, I took a particular interest in EU policy in the IT, particularly in digital rights and privacy. See the IT skills segment of this document for in-depth information on my IT knowledge.

My Internship at the Research Executive Agency, as well as my work on the EU's Research Framework Programmes has given me a unique look into how the programmes are governed, operate, what they do, their past, present and future.

Having followed a High School diploma specialised in Sustainable development and renewable energy, I take a particular interest in the EU's energy policy, particularly with regard to Hydrogen, Innovative Nuclear, and Grid Interconnectivity.

Transport Policy has always been of significant personal interest to me, which is why I worked on this topic as part of the Cities and Regions in Globalisation Course. Since then I have closely followed the EUs activity in this area, particularly through the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking.

My Interest in Cities, their designs, and more particularly their street layout and transit policies, is longstanding. I follow major developments in city architecture and design, as well as European Initiatives such as URBACT.

My International experience, coupled my bachelors degree in European and Intercultural Studies, has allowed me to develop strong intercultural communication skills, meaning I am at ease in international, multi-lingual environments.

My Experience with presentations, as well as at Model European Union and Model United Nations events has allowed me to develop my skills as a public speaker.

During my two years on the Board of the Young Europeans Federalists Paris, first as Secretary General, then as President, I learnt how to moderate conflict, and work with and lead a team to complete a number of projects, including colaborations with the Seine-Saint-Denis department and the European Commission.

Years of experience programming have given me a deep technical understanding of emerging technologies such as AI, the blockchain and others, as well as an understanding of when and where these technologies can be appropriate or useful.

I have administrated a UK politics group, and ran social media accounts for the French Federation for UNESCO, Eurosorbonne and the Young European Federalists. Additionally, during my time at the European Commission's Research Executive Agency I prepared numerous tweets for the agency's twitter account. Hence, I have an extensive experience in using Social media and managing communities.

I have considerable experience with Microsoft office, particularly with powerpoint and excel, which i used extensively during my internship at Goodyear Dunlop.

I have significant experience preparing and editing both Rastor and Vector Images in Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and their open source equivalents, G.I.M.P and Inkscape.

I have years of experience in web development and server administration, in fact, I designed and built this website from scratch, and it is hosted on a server that I operate.