Roots
I’m Marc — a Swiss web engineer who designs interfaces, builds systems, and ships products across media and tech.
I’m currently employed as a Senior Web Developer at The New Humanitarian, where I lead technical architecture and shape product experiences across the organisation’s digital ecosystem: platform infrastructure, security, a Drupal CMS with 100k+ articles, GDPR-compliant and AI-assisted search, and a SvelteKit storytelling framework for award-winning investigations.
I am passionate about the details people feel: typography, states, moods, edge cases, performance, accessibility, and the path from idea to interface to code. I like carrying projects from first sketch through architecture, CI/CD, launch, and final polish.
Quick Facts
- 10+ years of professional web development experience shipping editorial tools and working with content systems
- Frontend craft: TypeScript, Svelte, React, Next.js, reusable components, interaction design, prototyping, passion for beautiful and accessible user interfaces
- End-to-end ownership: idea → prototype → production, CI/CD, and iteration – I like to build things fast
- Cross-disciplinary work across product, design, editorial, engineering, and delivery
- Awards: One World Media (2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), Covering Climate Now (2021), European Newspaper Award (2015, 2016)
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa · Swiss citizen · Permanent resident in South Africa
For detailed experience, skills, and technical expertise: Download my CV (PDF)
Background
I hold a BSc. in Media Engineering from the FHGR in Switzerland but actually started my web dev career in the year 2000, at age 13, secretly coding HTML and CSS on the family computer at night. I got obsessed! At university, I found back to this passion and gained experience with all sorts of web technologies.
In 2015, I joined Tages-Anzeiger as the first developer in their newly formed “Interaktiv” team, where I helped build award-winning data journalism (European Newspaper Award, Swiss Press Award). Think: newsroom life, high pace, breaking news, journalism, interaction design. Early days of “Scrollytelling”.
In 2019, I moved to Cape Town, freelanced for media and NGO clients, and eventually joined The New Humanitarian in 2020, where I still am now. Drupal, interaction design, own CI/CD, small team, passion-driven work, fully remote.
Since 2015, I’ve also been teaching web development and interaction design at FHGR (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons) in Switzerland, working remotely from Cape Town.
Today
I now divide my life between Switzerland and South Africa. Both landscapes shape how I think about design, pace, and the kind of digital experiences I want to build: calm, clear, and human-focused.
I spend my time turning complex reporting into engaging interactive stories — the kind of pieces that help people understand the world a little better. And I manage whole production workflows, owning products end-to-end.
I still think the internet should be a fun, safe place to explore — curious, playful, and built with enough care that people can trust it.
Outside the screen, I recharge in nature: trail running, climbing, surfing, or simply breathing mountain air. That connection to the outdoors influences how I work — I prefer interfaces that feel calm, focused, and respectful of a reader’s attention and bandwidth.
Connect
- Connect with me on LinkedIn or XING
- Follow me on Bluesky
- Email me
- Find me on GitHub and GitLab
- Call me in South Africa: +27 (0)79 322 0428 or Switzerland: +41 (0)79 630 8227
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