Curriculum Vitae of Erica Bradbury

Personal Profile:

I am a reliable worker with proven organisational, analytical and communication skills. I am conscientious and pay close attention to detail.

I worked as a solicitor for several years, working in teams of varying sizes and specialising in non-contentious contract drafting work. I went from assisting on files of senior colleagues to managing my own caseload. During this time I used a variety of online legal databases and websites and worked with IT personnel on a project to create an intranet based legal precedent bank.

I became interested in website work and information management and applied for a year's contract as a graduate trainee librarian at Bath University library. During that year I was a member of the library intranet team and undertook a project about E-books.

I went on to complete a part-time Open University course for a Certificate in Web Applications Development covering topics including website design and planning, software development strategies and web standards, open source technologies, databases and server administration. The course required me to undertake several practical coding projects using a variety of languages and technologies including CSS, HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, ASP & VBScript, ColdFusion, MySQL and PHP. At the same time as studying I undertook paid website projects for local businesses and organisations and developed my graphic design skills through evening courses on photographic manipulation with Adobe Photoshop and extensive use of the open source GNU Image Manipulation Program.

I am now working at a company specialising in web applications for the NHS and health sector where I am carrying out web development using PHP, MySQL, html, CSS and xml. I also deal with client support and training both on the telephone and in face-to-face training sessions around the country.

Website Portfolio

Busybees Nursery Chippenham www.busybeesnurserychippenham.co.uk
Buzz Recruitment www.buzzrecruitment.net
Intuition www.intuitionppims.co.uk
Skyblue Energy www.skyblueenergy.co.uk
Daniella Dall'occo Tellington TTouch Practitioner www.tellington-t-touch.co.uk
Laser 4000 Class Association www.laser4000.org.uk

Career Experience:

Mayden Health: May 2009 - present - web developer

Part-time work whilst studying: September 2007 - May 2009 - web design work for James Bradbury Web Design and ad hoc administrative contract work from agencies including note taking at meetings for Wiltshire county council

Bath University Library: August 2006 – August 2007 - graduate trainee librarian

Clarke Willmott Solicitors: January 2005– August 2006 - solicitor in construction team

Laytons Solicitors: October 2003 – December 2004 – solicitor in construction team

Shoosmiths Solicitors: September 2001 – September 2003 – trainee solicitor

Education:

Open University: 2007 - 2009

• Certificate in Web Applications Development (6 undergraduate modules):-
• Web basics : design, development and management - Grade 1 pass (distinction)
• The client side of application development - Grade 1 pass (distinction)
• The server side of application development - Grade 1 pass (distinction)
• Databases within website design - Grade 1 pass (distinction)
• Open source development tools - Grade 1 pass (distinction)
• Web server management, performance & tuning - Grade 2 pass

Nottingham Law School: 2000 – 2001

• Legal Practice Course - Distinction

The University of Birmingham: 1996 – 2000
(Bayreuth University, Germany: 1998 – 1999)

• LLB Law with German - Hons. First Class

Wolverhampton Girls’ High School: 1989 - 1996

• 4 A-levels : 4 A grades
• 1 AS-level : A grade
• S-level : Level 2
• 9 GCSEs : 7 A* grades, 2 A grades
• 1 AO level : B grade

Additional Personal Information:

Recreational Interests:

Much of my free time is spent participating in a wide variety of sporting activities including badminton, sailing, cycling and climbing. I am a keen member of Severn Vale badminton club where I play for teams in the Mid-Gloucestershire and Bristol mixed doubles leagues. I am also a member of two sailing clubs where I crew a classic international 14 dinghy and a Laser 4000, competing in both club and open races in both classes. My husband and I own a touring tandem bicycle and cycled from Strasbourg to Salzburg for our honeymoon.