The Director of Marketing and Membership of IMRO, Keith Johnson overseas all of the organisation’s membership development and marketing activities. An honours business graduate from Trinity College and DIT, his role at IMRO also sees him looking after all advertising, promotional, sponsorship and online activities. Over the years he has built up a strong reputation for his knowledge of the songwriting and publishing worlds. He runs the annual IMRO Showcase Tour and also handles the regular series of IMRO songwriting workshops, masterclasses, industry seminars and collaborations. In the spring of 2005, Keith was centrally involved in getting the Music From Ireland initiative – supporting Irish artists at international music events like SXSW, CMJ and Eurosonic – off the ground. The project has gone from strength to strength. He is past Chairman of First Music Contact (FMC). Johnson was also centrally involved in the production of the Deloitte Report on the Irish music industry with was produced in early 2015. He is also a member of the steering committee for the ‘Mapping Popular Music in Dublin’ research project
