About Me

I'm a scientific and technical journalist, a freelance writer, a webmaster and a graphic designer and desktop publisher. In other words: I'm a web scientist and a printer of electrons. I also used to be a biologist and a zoo keeper, and to this day I've kept a strong interest in natural sciences. In my free time, I direct some plays (or play on stage) for an amateur theatre association. I live in Fribourg (the Swiss one), a very nice bilingual city (French/German), but grew up in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland.
If you wish to contact me, I can understand French, Italian, English and German: your choice!

Leben ist lernen. (To live is to learn.)

Portfolio

 

Websites

  • sergekeller.ch

    Serge K. Keller

    Creation of the online presentation, portfolio and resume of web scientist and printer of electrons Serge K. Keller.

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  • Cécile Matthey

    Creation of the personal portfolio of illustrator and designer Cécile Matthey.

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  • Swiss Youth Hostels

    Code and content upgrade for the Swiss Youth Hostels website, to conform it to modern accessibility standards.

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  • InfoNano

    Creation of the Swiss information platform on nanotechnology InfoNano and publication of its contents.

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  • Carla Brülhart

    Website creation for the musician Carla Brülhart.

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  • Dialog:Umwelt

    Website creation and management for the communications agency Dialog:Umwelt.

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Posters

Experience

Scientific collaborator — Communication specialist

University of Fribourg – Academic Information Service — Fribourg (Switzerland)
September 2012 —

Communication specialist at the Academic Information Service.

Co–founder

Atelier Mammouth — Fribourg (Switzerland)
September 2007 —

Communication services: web development and services, graphic design, layout and publication services, consulting and training, translation services.

Founder

Publipress — Fribourg (Switzerland)
October 1998 —

Web hosting and small publishing association (non-profit): hosting and publishing services, system administration, end-user support and training.

Web publisher

Swiss Youth Hostels — Zurich (Switzerland)
March 2012 —

Code and content upgrade of the Swiss Youth Hostels website, to conform it to current accessibility standards.

Reference person:
Nic Kaufmann (former Marketing & Sales Head)

Online communication specialist

dialog:umwelt GmbH (formerly Publizack GmbH) — Ittigen – Biel/Bienne (Switzerland)
January 2009 – January 2012

Web development and webdesign, web publishing, text writing & editing, copywriting, scientific and technical translations, internet information monitoring, web expertise and online communication expertise.
N.B.: the communication agency dialog:umwelt GmbH was registered at the trade register under the name «Publizack GmbH» until October the 29th, 2010.

Projects

Reference persons:
Oliver Graf; Markus Nauser

Web publisher

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN – Communication Division — Bern (Switzerland)
January 2009 – December 2011

Web publishing, scientific and technical translations, web expertise and online communication expertise.

Projects

Reference persons:
Robert Stark; Thomas Göttin

Web specialist

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN — Bern (Switzerland)
Various mandates, 2006 – 2008

Various mandates: migration of content, web publishing, etc.

Projects

Reference persons:
Robert Stark; Oliver Graf

Volunteer experience

Participant

W3C – CG — World Wide Web
August 2012 —

Participant in the W3C Community Groups

Details

Invited Expert

W3C – HTML WG — World Wide Web
March 2007 —

Invited Expert to the W3C HTML Working Group.

Theatre director

Théâtre de la Cité de Fribourg (TCF) — Fribourg (Switzerland)
September 2006 —

Directing a stage play means being able to transform a room full of everyday people into an all-singing, all-dancing ensemble. Casting, stage direction, costumes and light creation, set construction, logistics, advertising and marketing, budget and accounts, all this and then some more comes into play and must be mastered on a tight schedule and with limited ressources.

Directed plays

  1. «Sur les planches», based on texts by Jean-Paul Alègre (theatre workshop): May 2007.
  2. «Lettres croisées», by Jean-Paul Alègre: February 2008.
  3. «... Comme en 14!», by Dany Laurent: November 2009 (on tour in Switzerland and France 2010 – 2011 under the artistic direction of Leandro Cagnazzo; Best Actress FriScènes Award 2010 (to Cécile Wiedmer) and Audience FriScènes Award 2010).
  4. «Les femmes à Guy», four short pieces based on texts by Guy Foissy: June 2010 (50 years of TCF celebrations).
  5. «La Serva Amorosa», a play in French by Carlo Goldoni: January – February 2012.

Education

Journalism and Communication sciences

Université de Fribourg – Universität Freiburg — Fribourg (Switzerland)
October 1998 – June 2002

Other activities and associations: editor-in-chief of Spectrum (students' newspaper and AGEF's official organ); support, training & hardware sales for micromus (IT services for students); reporter, radio host & radio editor for Unimix (students' radio).

Natural sciences – Biology (Vertebrate ecology and Eco-ethology)

Université de Neuchâtel — Neuchâtel (Switzerland)
October 1989 – June 1998

Scientific assistant in: anatomy of Vertebrates; eco-ethology of Vertebrates; propedeutical medicine (1st year students).

Other activities and associations: Théâtre Universitaire Neuchâtelois (TUN); Théâtre du Grenier.

Skills & Interests

Communication, Writing
Scientific & technical journalism
Top skills. Web development, Webdesign, Graphic design

HTML, CSS, JavaScript / jQuery, PHP, MySQL, Apache / Nginx, Git
Microsoft Windows, OS X, GNU/Linux, Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, PDF
Technical skills. Adobe CS (Acrobat, Fireworks, InDesign, etc.), CMS (TYPO3, WordPress, etc.)

Journalism, Media, Online & social media, Internet, Technology, Design, Typography
Science, Natural history & life sciences, Biology, Ethology, Evolution, Archaeology, History
Interests & hobbies. Culture, Photography, Theatre, Cinema, Reading, Writing, Chess, Hiking, Cycling, Travels... & Learning!

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Additional information

Languages

French & Italian

Mother tongues (bilingual): perfect oral and written fluency.

English

Advanced level: excellent oral and written fluency. I can work in informal and formal contexts alike.

German

Upper intermediate level: very good oral and written fluency. I can work in informal contexts, but am more limited regarding formal communication.

Computer & IT knowledge

Web design & development

Excellent knowledge, although with no formal training (yet!). Extensive experience on a wide variety of CMS.

Graphic & print design

Good knowledge. Although I have specialized myself in poster design in recent years, I can still create more complex publications if need be.

Programming

Some knowledge: being an autodidact means I am more at ease with (web) scripting than with more formal programmation. Willing to learn.

Memberships and affiliations

Friend of Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle Project Supporter, EFF Member, FSF Associate Member, Member of The Internet Defense League, ISOC Swiss Chapter Individual Member, Active Member of the Théâtre de la Cité de Fribourg

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Personal info

Name Serge K. Keller, FCD
Address Route de la Pisciculture 9
1700 Fribourg
Switzerland
E-Mail  — contact form
Websites www.sergekeller.ch (professional)
www.almaren.ch (personal)
www.cent-vues.ch (photography)
tinyletter.com/gazette (newsletter)
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