Joen A
Creative Team Lead
Helsingør, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Summary
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RockstarJoen A is a Creative Team Lead at Automattic with 13 years of experience blending product design and front-end engineering to craft polished, accessible interfaces. He progressed from product designer roles into leadership while contributing to high-profile open-source projects like WordPress Gutenberg, Jetpack, and Simplenote, with hands-on work improving UI components, icons, and responsive CSS. Known for an eye for intentional design and pragmatic engineering, he focuses on doing things right—balancing visual polish, accessibility, and maintainability. Based in Helsingør, Denmark, he brings a rare combination of art-direction roots and engineering rigor, often tackling subtle front-end issues (like icon accessibility and cross-browser support) that quietly lift product quality.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Swedish, English, Spanish, French, Danish
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Github Skills (17)
accessibility10
javascript10
component-development10
css10
wordpress10
ui-design10
plugin10
uid10
front-end-development10
react10
php9
html8
svg8
responsive-design8
electron8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/dashicons
Apr 2017 - Jul 2020
Dashicons, the WordPress admin icon font. For the official resource, please see the WordPress Developer Hub.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 80 commits, 80 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Joen's primary contribution appears to be focused on the development of the React-based Dashicon component, which involves adding, modifying, and refactoring the icons used within the WordPress admin interface. They worked on removing dependencies, updating component code, and ensuring the proper display and functionality of the icons. The user also addressed accessibility concerns by adding `aria-hidden` and `role` attributes. Their work led to improving the design and maintainability of the icon component.
wordpresswordpress-admin
WordPress/gutenberg
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1455 reviews, 1423 commits, 2098 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Joen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Gutenberg editor. They focused on enhancing the user interface by implementing new UI components, styling, and improving the overall user experience. This includes adding visual elements, refining block arrangements, and ensuring a consistent look and feel across the editor, while addressing potential issues with responsive design and focus states. The changes also indicate efforts to improve the accessibility of the editor.
wordpressgutenbergwordpress-plugin
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