Takashi Irie

Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom

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Takashi Irie is a product designer and front-end focused developer with 14 years in web and WordPress ecosystems, currently at Automattic and based in Reigate and Banstead, UK. He blends design sensibility with hands-on front-end engineering, contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Automattic’s _s starter theme and Jetpack where he shipped UI/UX fixes, responsive CSS updates, and cross-theme compatibility improvements. Takashi’s work shows a practical eye for polish—solving subtleties like form and widget layouts, customizer UX, and tablet submenu behavior that noticeably improve site usability. Trained in multimedia design (BA, SAE Institute/Middlesex University), he combines visual craft with code to bridge product design and implementation. Colleagues rely on him to deliver incremental yet impactful refinements that keep themes and plugins robust across diverse WordPress environments.

14 years of coding experience

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Multimedia Design, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Multimedia Design at SAE Institute in association with the Middlesex University

Japanese, English

Stackoverflow

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Github Skills (17)

site-design10

javascript10

wordpress-themes10

wordpress10

css10

responsive-design10

ui-design10

plugin10

php10

website-design10

user-interface9

ux-design9

interface-design9

user-experience9

html8

Programming languages (4)

TypeScriptCSSJavaScriptPHP

Github contributions (5)

Automattic/themes

May 2019 - Dec 2022

Free WordPress themes made by Automattic for WordPress.org and WordPress.com.

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:15 reviews, 437 commits, 774 PRs in 3 years 7 months

Contributions summary:Takashi primarily contributed to the styling and temporary fixes for the Jetpack Business Hours Block and Mailchimp Block. They also addressed centering and font size issues in the cover image and block elements and provided styling for new blog posts elements. The changes involved modifying CSS files to enhance the visual presentation of the theme's elements for a specific WordPress theme.

wordpresswordpress-themeautomatticwordpress-themesthemes

Automattic/_s

Mar 2012 - Jan 2016

Hi. I'm a starter theme called _s, or underscores, if you like. I'm a theme meant for hacking so don't use me as a Parent Theme. Instead try turning me into the next, most awesome, WordPress theme out there. That's what I'm here for.

Role in this project:

Front-end Developer

Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 10 months

Contributions summary:Takashi contributed to the _s WordPress starter theme by fixing UI/UX issues and enhancing the front-end code. They addressed layout problems with form elements and widgets by modifying the CSS. The commits also focused on improving the user experience through customizer enhancements for site title and description, and navigation improvements related to submenus on tablets. These changes included the addition of new features and refinements of existing ones, demonstrating their focus on the front-end development of the theme.

wordpresswordpress-themeturningunderscoresstarter-theme

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