Christine Copers

Current

• Business Analist at Fedict
• Project Manager at Fedict

Past

• Internet Business Unit/ New Projects Manager at Sanoma Magazines Belgium
• eContent Manager at Lannoo Publishers
• media consultant at free lance

• Publisher at Planet Internet
• Business Unit Manager Europress at VUM Group / Sydes
• Content Manager at Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd / De Tijd
• Content Manager at De (Financieel Economische) Tijd
• Head Research Dpt at De Morgen

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Christine Copers’s Summary

media specialist with a broad experience in internet and electronic publishing, content management,product development, ... and a specific background with the newspaper industry (De Morgen, Tijd, VUM and their new media initiatives), internet (publishing manager for Planet Internet Media and New Projects manager for Sanoma Magazines Belgium), free lance media consulting (Belga, Lannoo) and European project management for Lannoo (Oscar eContent, Walk on Web, ...)

Christine Copers’s Experience

• Business Analist

  Fedict

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Project Manager

  Fedict

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

• Internet Business Unit/ New Projects Manager

  Sanoma Magazines Belgium

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  August 2004 — April 2008 (3 years 9 months)

• eContent Manager

  Lannoo Publishers

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  eContent project management, account management, owner of different specific projects (www.planetnemo.be or paid content for kids on MSN, www.oscar-econtent.org, project in the eContent framework of the EC, DG13)

• media consultant

  free lance

  (Publishing industry)

  September 2002 — May 2003 (9 months)

  After going through a major reorganisation within an Internet company it was time for a change. Worked on a project for national press agency Belga for 4 months (helping to decide policy on buying/merging exisiting press archives into national initiative and profitable business unit) and coordinated cd-rom production for Lannoo. Only 2 projects because actively looking for another job.

• Publisher

  Planet Internet

  (Online Media industry)

  February 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 8 months)

  Publisher within Media division of ISP Planet Internet. Responsible for portalsite (bilingual), 5 brand sites (nichesites for different marketsegments), on and offline events, ... with p&l responsibility, clearly defined visitors targets and managing a team of approx 25. When mothercompany KPN decided to pull out of Belgium, the media activity became obsolete and the team was dismantled in a major reorganisation. The Publisher represented her team in the negotiations with management during this reorganisation and left with her team.

• Business Unit Manager Europress

  VUM Group / Sydes

  (Publishing industry)

  February 1999 — January 2000 (1 year)

  Starting company within Sydes Holding (VUM Group) to exploit, protect, create, comercialize, repackage, ... content created within VUM (mainly from leading newspapers De Standaard, Het Nieuwsblad and Het Volk). Preparing Business Plan 2000 for startup 2000; BP and planned investment conflicted with announced restructuring within VUM. Job offer from Planet Internet helped make the decision to leave sooner than expected.

• Content Manager

  Uitgeversbedrijf Tijd / De Tijd

  (Publishing industry)

  November 1986 — February 1999 (12 years 4 months)

  different positions over 13 years, all involving electronic publishing, content management, product development, ...

• Content Manager

  De (Financieel Economische) Tijd

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1986 — 1999 (13 years)

• Head Research Dpt

  De Morgen

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  September 1983 — December 1986 (3 years 4 months)

  head of research department, located in brussels for both editorial staffs of De Morgen in Brussels and Ghent. Office Manager for the Brussels office. Asked by ex colleague Paul Huybrechts to join him at De Financieel-Economische Tijd (now De Tijd) to start up a research department. Left for Tijd after De Morgen went bankrupt in the autumn of 1986.

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