ABOUT ME

professional experience | personal interests | education

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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

SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMING

  • General – MS Office

  • Graphic design – Adobe Creative Cloud, Krita, Autodesk Sketchbook

  • Procedural art & 3D modelling – Blender

  • Video editing – HitFilm Express 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

  • 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