Current appointments:
South East Area Arts Officer (Senior Staff Officer) Dublin City Council.
Co-Producer d-ploy. Umbrella organisation focusing on the intersection between creative and cultural industries and economic regeneration.

Formerly CEO, Cutting Edge Events, Arts & Entertainments Officer at London Borough Of Redbridge and Event Manager at London Borough of Redbridge.

Industry appointments have included: National Representative for Events Industry Training for NOEA: The National Outdoor Events Association England, http://www.noea.org.uk.

FORMER APPOINTMENTS
Former appointments include work with local NGO’s such as the Kildare Community Partnership http://www.thekcp.ie/ and managerial posts in Arts, Promotions, Publicity, Education and Events Management.

CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Arts Office DCC. Jim is currently appointed South East Area Arts Officer, Dublin City Council, Arts Office. http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice/Pages/TheArtsOffice.aspx.
Held memberships with the Association of Local Government Arts Officers, UK http://www.nalgao.org/, as well as the Institute of Leisure and Amenity Mangers www.ilam.co.uk. In 1997 appointed the National Representative for Events Industry Training by NOEA, The National Outdoor Events Association England, http://www.noea.org.uk.

MEMBERSHIPS
ORACLE
ORACLE is a network of European Cultural managers, having their focus on projects with a European dimension. http://www.oracleculturalnetwork.site40.net/profile.html

GradCAM
Associate Researcher GradCAM http://www.gradcam.ie/about.php The Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (GradCAM) is collaborative initiative of national and all-island significance which builds on the expertise of the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), the National College of Art & Design (NCAD), the University of Ulster (UU), and the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire (IADT).

Foundation Hicter
Graduate of the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management organised by the Foundation Hicter: http://www.fondation-hicter.org/.

VAI
Member of: Visual Artists Ireland http://www.visualartists.ie

PROJECTS
Open Spaces
One of the architects of the Open Spaces programme a series of partnered events, talks and critical response through which Dublin City Council aims to stimulate dialogue, inspire new thought and suggest creative partnerships to support artists engagement with Dublin’s open spaces. In summer 2007 we commissioned Vagabond Reviews www.ncad.ie/gallery/docs/FatimaCulturalArchaeology.pdf to research International models and programme which support innovative engagement of artists with Urban and Suburban Open Space. Open Spaces is an ongoing programme of commissioned work and has included:
· Art is Good For You! artisgoodforyou.wordpress.com.
· Culturstruction www.culturstruction.wordpress.com.
· International Guerrilla Video Festival www.igvfest.com
· Promenade www.outofsite.info
· Parklife http://www.dublincity.ie/RecreationandCulture/ArtsOffice/Programmes/Documents/Parklife__Invite.pdf

European Public Art Network
EuropeanPublicArtNetwork.com
Test bed research and development site for a future European Public Art Network.

EDUCATION
Attended Crawford College Of Art & Design Cork, http://www.cit.ie/ & Chelsea College of Art and Design http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/ London.
Also see JIMDOYLE.EU at: http://www.jimdoyle.eu/

SPECIAL INTRESTS
Contemporary Arts, Cultural Policy (democratisation of Cultural Policy), Public Art, International Cultural Cooperation, & the practical application of action in the area of the Cultural and Creative Industries.