Christine Lacroix

Editorial Team Leader at ISO - International Organization for Standardization
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, CH
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • French Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Learning Hindi as a hobby -

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Experience

    • Switzerland
    • International Trade and Development
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Editorial Team Leader
      • Jul 2021 - Present

      Responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the STAND Production Editorial team (14 editors) and the overall editorial development of projects. Ensuring that the team delivers International Standards and related normative and non-normative documents to the highest degree of quality, clarity and consistency within agreed deadlines, in conformity with the ISO rules and policies, in collaboration with the other Production units. Ensuring a close coordination between the Editorial team and the Standards Development Groups in order to guarantee a seamless production process which is in line with the business needs and priorities.

    • Editorial Group Manager
      • Jan 2017 - Jul 2021

      As an Editorial Group Manager, responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the Editorial Group within the Standard Production unit and for ensuring the overall editorial development of projects. Supervise the Editorial Programme Managers, with the objective to ensure editorial output at the highest level of quality and within deadlines, in compliance with the ISO rules and policies.Work in close collaboration with the Technical Programme Managers to guarantee a seamless production process which is in line with the business needs and priorities. Also active as an Editorial Programme Manager, responsible for maintaining the highest degree of quality, clarity, timely delivery and consistency of International Standards and related normative and non-normative documents. Involved in the preparation of the different language versions of a document (English being the reference language) all through the development process from drafting to publication.

    • Technical Programme Manager - Editorial Programme Manager
      • Jun 2012 - Dec 2016

      As a Technical Programme Manager in charge of technical committees in the fields of plastics (ISO/TC 61), rubber (ISO/TC 45), pigments, dyestuffs and extenders (ISO/TC 256), paints and varnishes (ISO/TC 35), is responsible for providing guidance, support, training as well as recommendations for improvement of the standards development process.Also active as an Editorial Programme Manager, responsible for maintaining the highest degree of quality, clarity, timely delivery and consistency of International Standards and related normative and non-normative documents, in compliance with the ISO rules and policies. Involved in the preparation of the different language versions of a document (English being the reference language) all through the development process from drafting to publication.

    • Technical Editor - Standards Department
      • Jan 2008 - May 2012

      Responsible for ensuring the clarity, conformity with the rules and consistency of International Standards and related normative and non-normative documents.Prepare documents for subsequent processing and authorize the publication, incl. the following principal tasks:•editorial evaluation of documents at enquiry and approval stages, and in certain cases at other stages•elaboration of comments for transmission to TC or SC secretariats, and to CEN for standards being processed under the Vienna Agreement•contacts with TC or SC secretariats (and possibly project leaders or editors) when specific problems are found in texts received•resolution, by all appropriate means, of recurring problems with a TC or SC secretariat•provision of editorial training or other support to TCs or SCs •provision of editorial advice•preparation and/or verification of abstracts

    • Germany
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Information Centre Manager
      • Sep 2005 - Dec 2007

      Implement and develop networks for market and competition survey, collect related documents and informationManage and update electronic libraries of technical documents and business informationDesign information tools to communicate strategic information within the company: market information reports, business news, reports on emerging technologies, newsletters…Carry out document and information searches for R&D and Innovation departmentsManage and follow up subscriptions and budgetManage intellectual property issues ; follow up patent applications and trademark registrationsDraft technical articles and press releases both in French and in English, for publication in trade mediaDraft news and update the «News» pages of the Corporate intranet portal and website

    • Switzerland
    • Chemical Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Responsable Pôle Information & Communication
      • May 1992 - Sep 2005

      Mise en place et gestion d’un système de bibliothèques numériques (logiciel DOCS Open) sur réseau informatiqueMise en place et animation de réseaux de veille : technologique (publications techniques et scientifiques, brevets,…), réglementaire (HSE), normative, commerciale et concurrentielleRéalisation de produits documentaires et diffusion de l’information stratégique au sein de la Division: bulletins d’information mensuels, revues de presse, rapports de veille, rapports techniques, newsletters…Rédaction d’articles techniques pour publication dans la presse professionnelle internationaleMise à jour des pages des sites intranet et internet

    • Assistant to the Quality Assurance manager
      • May 1991 - Nov 1991

      Assistant to the Quality Assurance managerDraft procedures and instructions for implementation of ISO 9001 quality assurance system Assistant to the Quality Assurance managerDraft procedures and instructions for implementation of ISO 9001 quality assurance system

Education

  • ITECH (ex ESCEPEA)
    Engineer's Degree, Chemistry – Polymers and Coatings Technology
    1986 - 1990
  • IUT Chimie - Université LYON 1
    Technician, Chemistry
    1984 - 1986
  • OISE Oxford
    English Course
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