Facebook plans more jobs for Dublin headquarters
Tuesday October 27 2009
Facebook and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan today announced that the company plans to more than double the size of its operation during the official opening of its new EMEA headquarters in Dublin.
Facebook’s European operations have been headquartered in Dublin since October 2008 with over 70 employees currently on site.
The company expects to double the size of its operations within the next year and is now hiring across in a number of areas including user operations, online operations, advertising sales, advertising campaign delivery, finance and engineering.
The Tanáiste, who officially opened Facebook’s new EMEA headquarters on Hanover Quay said, “I am delighted to announce Facebook will grow its international operations, increasing its commitment to Ireland. This is an exciting investment for our country, hosting the leader in social networking.”
Speaking at the announcement, Colm Long, Director, Online Operations, Facebook said: “With over 300 million users worldwide, we are making further investments in our EMEA headquarters in Dublin to provide our users and advertisers with the very best support and experience possible. The skilled talent pool available to us in Ireland has helped us match the growing needs of our users and advertisers across the EMEA region”.
Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman added, “Today’s announcement builds on our experience in Ireland over the past year and the success of our EMEA business. Our new EMEA headquarters will enable us to better address the often complex advertising, cultural and lingual elements of our global business.”
Facebook currently has over 1 million users in Ireland, and more than 300 million users around the world.
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