Zynga Opens Office in Dublin

Zynga is a very welcome addition to the digital media industry cluster in Ireland with many of the world’s leading ‘Born on the Internet’ companies having established significant operations here.  With an ever increasing number of such companies locating in Ireland, we are well established as the Internet capital of Europe.

Barry O'Leary, CEO, IDA Ireland

BBC - Social games company Zynga launches in Dublin

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton T.D. today announced the official opening of Zynga’s biggest European office and multilingual operations centre in Dublin.  The company, which is behind such popular games as CityVille and FarmVille, had already established its Dublin office in 2010. It now plans to recruit additional talent to service the international players of its games with customer support and community management in multiple languages.  The Irish government through IDA Ireland has worked closely with Zynga to attract this investment to Ireland and assisted the company with the establishment of the office.

Zynga Dublin’s office plans to maintain a world-class contact centre experience for players as the company continues to localise its newly launched and most popular games in multiple languages.  The office encompasses customer support, community management, and support functions such as IT, human resources, business intelligence, and CS content management in languages including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian and Korean. 

Officially opening Zynga’s office, Minister Bruton said:
“If we are to achieve growth in the economy and get people back to work, it is crucial that we aggressively target expansion in innovation and the high tech sectors of the economy. Digital gaming in particular is a rapidly growing sector, and with the right policies Ireland is well-positioned to become a world leader in this area.

“Today’s official opening of a facility in Dublin by Zynga is great news and makes our task a little easier; I am determined to build on this announcement to ensure that more multinational and start-up gaming companies can thrive and expand in Ireland”.

Commenting on the announcement, Barry O’Leary, CEO, IDA Ireland said: “Zynga is a very welcome addition to the digital media industry cluster in Ireland with many of the world’s leading ‘Born on the Internet’ companies having established significant operations here.  With an ever increasing number of such companies locating in Ireland, we are well established as the Internet capital of Europe.”

About Zynga Inc.
Zynga Inc. is the world’s largest social game developer with more than 250 million monthly active users playing their games which include Empires & Allies, CityVille, FarmVille, FrontierVille, Words With Friends, Mafia Wars, Zynga Poker, Café World, and Treasure Isle. Zynga Inc. games are available on a number of global platforms including Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, the iPad, the iPhone and Android devices. Through Zynga.org, Zynga players have raised more than $10 million for world social causes. Zynga Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or www.zynga.org

Media contacts
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
Conor Quinn, Press Advisor to Minister Bruton, Tel: +353 (0) 1 6312218, Mob: + 353 (0) 87 3743783, Email: conor.quinn@deti.ie
IDA Ireland
Thomas McEvoy, Media and Public Relations Manager, Tel: +353 1 603 4255 | Mob: +353 87 742 6684
Gillian Kelly, Press and PR Executive, Tel: +353 1 6034190
Zynga, Inc
Michelle Kramer
mkramer@zynga.com
+1 415 519 6645