James Mooney

9 Norwood Terrace
Headingley
Southampton
SS6 7DU

Tel 01765 273 1234

Mobile 07779 117654
E-mail james.mooney@msn.com

Final-year chemistry student with substantial industrial experience

seeking to use scientific background in a sales/marketing role.

Key skills
Teamwork
• My industrial placement involved working with eight other people on a daily basis. Meetings
with other scientists from biochemistry and molecular biology required considerable
understanding of each other’s work and cooperation to work towards and achieve joint goals.
• I worked in different teams during monthly practical courses at university, which included
producing team reports and presentations.
• As a member of my residential hall’s social committee, teamwork was vital when organising
term-time events. I held sole responsibility for equipment and transport arrangements.

Communication
• I was required to write several essays each term on chemistry-related topics and I consistently
achieved high grades.
• I submitted monthly reports during my industrial placement and presented to senior staff at
strategy meetings.
• I composed an 8,000-word report at the end of my industrial placement and gave a 20-minute
presentation to an audience that included representatives from GlaxoSmithKline.

Problem solving
• My final-year project involved practical research and I needed to use creativity and logical
thinking to overcome ‘reluctant’ syntheses.
• During my industrial placement I inspected analytical data from chemical compounds and drew
conclusions as to whether reactions had been successful.

Leadership
• I was Secretary of the Chemistry Society for two years. This involved scheduling meetings and
managing the Society’s paperwork and correspondence.
• I was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award during my sixth form. This helped me to
develop leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• I was a committed member of a local church choir for six years. I carried out numerous
responsibilities during this time, including rostering choir members, selecting hymns and
organising social events.

IT skills
• Knowledge of Windows and Windows-based programs, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and
Access.
• I’m experienced in the use of chemistry-based programmes, including Chem Draw, Beilstein
and journal-search databases.

Education
2005–2009 University of Bristol
MSc Chemistry with industrial placement.
Expected classification: 1st

1998–2005 Saint Bartholomew High School, Southampton

A levels: Chemistry (A), Physics (B), Mathematics (A)
GCSEs: 10 grades A to C, including Mathematics and
English

Work experience
September 2007 to August 2008 Medicinal chemist (industrial placement) with
GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow.

Summer 2007 Retail assistant with Marks & Spencer, Southampton

Summer 2006 Telesales with British Gas, Southampton

Summer 2005 Shop floor assistant, Sainsbury’s, Southampton

Additional information
• Awarded Chemistry prize in second year of university.
• Developed conversational French through regular visits to France and Canada.
• Active member of university hall social committee, organising charity fundraising events and day
trips.

References
Academic Work-related
Dr Daniel Marks Mr Chris Hughes
Department of Chemistry GlaxoSmithKline
University of Bristol Coldharbour Road, Harlow, Essex
BS2 9JT CM19 5AW
02332 2654379 01562 786765
daniel.marks@chem.bristol.ac.uk chris.hughes@skbpharm.com