Joe Anderson
Graphic Designer Manager at Joe Anderson Studio
Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Anderson is a Pacific Northwest-based illustrator and graphic design manager with a decade of professional experience translating complex ideas into clear, engaging visual stories for clients like Starbucks, The New Yorker, NPR, Warby Parker and the Financial Times. He runs Joe Anderson Studio while leading brand, packaging and operations at Giffin Tec, where he refreshed brand guidelines and optimized inventory to cut costs and lead times. Equally at home with editorial illustration and applied design, Joe’s work spans logos, infographics, merchandise and digital assets for magazines, universities and consumer brands. He also contributes front-end and full-stack fixes to notable open-source rich-text projects (including slate and plate), improving editor robustness, cross-browser behavior and security in real-world editing tools. With a BA in Fine and Studio Arts and prior experience as an international educator, he blends visual craft, systems thinking and clear communication to solve design and production challenges.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Fine and Studio Arts at University of WashingtonElementary Education and Teaching, Elementary Education and Teaching at Western Washington University
Github Skills (16)
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
rich-text10
slate10
react10
typescript-types10
editor9
browser9
editors9
jtest8
jes8
ai8
jestjs8
shadcn-ui7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
udecode/plate
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
A rich-text editor powered by AI
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:199 reviews, 2 commits, 103 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to the rich-text editor features, focusing on improving code block functionality and addressing rendering issues related to line endings and whitespace handling. They implemented test cases and bug fixes, enhancing the editor's robustness and correctness. The user also integrated improvements like adding the ability to make table rows resizable and addressed issues with floating toolbars.
plugin-systemrich-textwysiwyg-editorrichtextjavascript
ianstormtaylor/slate
Jan 2023 - Feb 2025
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. (Currently in beta.)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:18 reviews, 13 PRs, 38 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Joe primarily contributed to bug fixes and improvements within the Slate rich text editor framework. They addressed issues related to Firefox text highlighting, performance problems with placeholders, and triple-click errors. Additionally, they fixed Safari-specific issues and XSS vulnerabilities within the examples and implemented fixes for the focused state within the React editor. The user also worked on improving tests, including Playwright tests, and refactoring components.
rich-textrichtextbrowserjavascriptrte
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