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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
1,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
6 December 2022
Employment effect (start)
6 December 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2027
Description
Irish company, Keywords Studios, a specialized creative services provider to the global video games industry, announced the opening of a new studio in Bucharest. The company intends to create 1,000 new jobs by 2027. Keywords Studios is looking to hire not only in Bucharest, but throughout Romania, offering many remote positions.
The company was established in 1998 in Dublin, and has more than 70 studios in 26 countries strategically located in Asia, the Americas, Australia and Europe. Keywords Studios provides integrated art creation, marketing services, software engineering, testing, localization, audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of more than 950 clients across the globe.
Globally, the company has a workforce of around 12,000 persons.
Eurofound (2022), Keywords Studios, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107981, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107981.
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