The temperatures may have been cold in Ireland but the beginning of December has brought warm jobs news for the digital media industry.
There will be thousands of new jobs next year, with 100 of those from Facebook.
On Monday morning, during an interview on Newstalk’s Breakfast show, Barry O’Leary, chief executive of the IDA – the organisation responsible for attracting foreign direct investment – spoke of the creation of thousands of jobs next year, many in the digital media and digital content sector.
When asked how many jobs are coming, he said: “There’s a good pipeline over the next three, four, five months. There are a number of sectors in particular. I think the digital media, the digital content [sector] – there’s a lot of business there, people like Facebook, Google, eBay, Paypal, Electronic Arts, etc.â€
On Tuesday rumours were abound of 100 new jobs to be announced by Facebook in Dublin in 2011, an increase of 50% on its current workforce. These were revealed on the Guardian Technology blog series on technology in Ireland. According to Colm Long, Facebook’s director of online operations in Dublin, the 100 new positions will be in ad sales, account management and platform operations.