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"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" at Spike TV's Video Game Awards Chris Pizzello/PA Images

Play Skyrim? The developer is hiring 250 customer support jobs in Galway

They’re looking for 70 French speakers, 30 German speakers as well as 150 English speakers.

THE VIDEO GAME company behind games such as The Elder Scrolls series and Doom are to expand their Galway customer service centre, creating 250 jobs.

Zenimax Online has its European operations base here and plan to hire 70 French speakers, 30 German speakers as well as 150 English speakers to support online gamers.

Zenimax opened its Galway operation in 2011 and initially employed 180 people. Zenimax Online is a subsidiary of Zenimax Media, the Maryland based company which is was set up in 1986 and counts film director Jerry Bruckheimer as one of its board members.

The Elder Scrolls series was first created in 1994 and to date has published 20 titles across different platforms. ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ is perhaps the most widely known of the Zenimax titles.

The majority of the positions being created in Galway are in the area of customer services and are being hired by recruiters Kelly Services.

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    Mute Jeremy Usbourne
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:22 AM

    “I used to be a warrior like you, but then i took an arrow to the knee.
    Now I work in a customer service roll in Galway.”

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    Mute nigel foudy
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:59 AM

    Ha ha very good, that dude is famous

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    Mute The Doctor
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:02 AM

    Skyrim took about 200 hours of my life! Brilliant game.

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    Mute Massimo Osti
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:07 AM

    I was a dark elf myself. I’m not ashamed to say it, I took 3 days off from work to play it! I believe they are releasing some sort of downloadable content relatively soon!?

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    Mute Richard Flynn
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:18 AM

    They have already released a few dlc’s. They are releasing an elder scrolls mmo in about two weeks tho. Looks awesome too.

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    Mute John Lally
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    Mar 19th 2014, 10:28 AM

    200?! You must be excellent at it! At leant 300 for me I’d say

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    Mute Graham Kavanagh
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:50 AM

    They’re expanding! Fallout 4 is coming then!!!!

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    Mute The Doctor
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    Mar 19th 2014, 3:12 PM

    Elder scrolls online is coming. It’s not just dlc but a proper mmorpg.

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    Mute Shane Kearney
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    Mar 19th 2014, 5:02 PM

    I wont be getting ESO with the sub fee, not a chance…..waiting till the Elder Scrolls 6!

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    Mute Tony Flynn
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    Mar 19th 2014, 10:01 AM

    I always wanted a Skyrim job…

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    Mute Michael Neagh
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    Mar 19th 2014, 10:38 AM

    jobs for foreign nationals and not dicky bird ,wake up guys

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    Mute Massimo Osti
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:08 AM

    Tell me again how hard working immigrants took your job.

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    Mute Vince O'Shea
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:24 AM

    they’ll just hire the 2 in 1, 150 more french and german speakers who speak english, its a no brainer, or spanish in case they come in handy for them.

    Nothing more to see here.

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    Mute Briain de Seadhach
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    Mar 19th 2014, 12:50 PM

    Fancy the jobs, Michael and Vince? Go to duolingo.com and learn French/German. Sorted.

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    Mute Declan Byrne
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    Mar 19th 2014, 8:58 AM

    Positive development .

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    Mute Brendan Boyd
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:20 AM

    Is it? These are dire jobs. The lowest of the low.

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    Mute Justin Gillespie
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:26 AM

    What’s dire about them? Not everyone is qualified for high end jobs but would still like to work.

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    Mute Larry K
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:29 AM

    What details do you have of that? Please share. For some this is a dream job. Not for all, but what job is?

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    Mute Ian Mc Nally
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    Mar 19th 2014, 9:33 AM

    Great to see more gaming jobs but would love to see more design jobs than customer service coming into the country, also its the same publisher but a different developer to Skyrim just for accuracy sake :)

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    Mar 19th 2014, 10:16 AM

    I spent weeks playing Morrowwind. Fantastic game. Never got around to playing Skyrim or Oblivion. Must give em a whirl.

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    Mar 19th 2014, 10:35 AM

    Ah man get on it! But be warned it will take over your life!

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    Mute Graham Kavanagh
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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:51 AM

    Morrowind with the expansions took a huge chunk of my life…. then with 360, getting every achievement…. forever!!!!

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    Mute Jason Culligan
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    Mar 19th 2014, 12:15 PM

    Even better, there’s now a total conversion mod for Skyrim which basically converts it to a high-res Morrowind. So you can have the best of both worlds if you’re not a major fan of the changes to the series.

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    Mar 19th 2014, 12:57 PM

    Saw some videos for it, amazing, SkyWind I think.

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    Mar 19th 2014, 11:37 AM

    I used to have a life like you…then I started Skyrim….lol

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    Mute Shane Curran
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    Mar 19th 2014, 3:37 PM

    Zenimax didn’t develop Skyrim though…

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    Mute Louise
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    Mar 19th 2014, 8:14 PM

    Better tell my son! He spends his life on it!!

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