ABOUT ME

professional experience | personal interests | education

Jelena Ristic black & white photo portrait

Hello, I’m Jelena.

 

 

My name is Jelena Ristić. I was born in Belgrade (Serbia) and raised in Vevey (Switzerland). I take interest in analogue and digital alike, and I believe that great content relies not only on truthful and solid sources but also on insightful and meaningful storytelling. I love delving into the wondrous world of digital humanities to find new ways to create and curate new perspectives, while having fun in the process! I am also a keen traveller and have visited a few inspiring places, such as Iceland, Norway, and Antarctica. Purpose-driven, I abide by the KISS principle in my work, as complex does not have to rhyme with complicated.

MY STRONG SKILLS

  • Content creation, curation & writing

    popularising science, factsheets, articles, videos, timelines, explainers, infographics

  • Conceptualising & ideation

    for a refreshed user/visitor experience

  • Digital project management

    content conversion for an online experience, novel bespoke creations

  • Exhibition creation

    researching, selecting, writing, creating, mounting

  • Copyediting & proofreading

  • Languages & translation

    French < >  English

EDUCATION

2024 – Crisis communication course
HEG Geneva, CH

2021-2022 – Online specialisation courses
Python 3 programming & applied data
University of Michigan, US

Online certificate – Serious gaming
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

Online certificate – Gamification
University of Pennsylvania, US

Online specialisation course – Front-end web design (HTML, CSS, JS, accessibility, responsive design)
University of Michigan, US

Online certificate – Programming foundations with JavaScript, CSS and HTML
Duke University, US

2013-2014 – Master of Advanced Studies
Museology and Heritage conservation
University of Geneva, CH

1999-2005 – Licence ès Lettres
French literature, History of Art, Philosophy, Gender studies. Award for academic excellence (Prix de Faculté)
University of Lausanne, CH

SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMING

General – MS Office

Graphic design – Adobe Creative Cloud, Krita, Autodesk Sketchbook

Procedural art & 3D modelling – Blender

Video editing – HitFilm Express, DaVinci Resolve and equivalent

Audio engineering – Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Cakewalk

Web publishing – WordPress (Divi, Elementor), Drupal

Python, html, javascript, CSS – intermediate

LANGUAGES

French – natural language

Serbian – natural language

English – excellent

German – intermediate

Italian – intermediate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023-to date – Communications Officer
Swiss Polar Institute

2017-2022 – Curator
Alimentarium, Vevey, CH

2014-2017 – Assistant curator
Alimentarium, Vevey, CH

2018-to date – Jury member
Alice Rivaz Literary Prize, Alice Rivaz Association, Lausanne, CH

2014 – Conservation intern
Maison d’Ailleurs, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH

2009-2013 – Founding committee member, writer and translator for the literary review Hétérographe

2010-2013 – Senior consultant in insurance
Inswift, La Tour-de-Peilz, CH

2005-2010 – Assistant, gender studies and comparative literature
University of Lausanne, CH