Facebook has hired Atsushi Iwashita as its Managing Director in Japan, according to AsiaJin. Iwashita was most recently CEO of brand consultancy firm Interbrand Japan and previously served as CMO of McDonald’s Japan. Facebook has been growing quickly in the region, recently surpassing local competitor Mixi. Earlier this week Mixi replaced its founding CEO with 30-year-old Yusuke Asakura.

Catlin O’Neill, chief of staff to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, will join Facebook’s lobbying efforts in Washington, The Hill reports. She will join Greg Maurer, a former aide to Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), and Chris Herndon, a former Republican House and Senate aide, on Facebook’s House lobbying team. O’Neill had worked for Pelosi since 2002.

Facebook Director of Communications Larry Yu this week announced that he would be leaving the company to work with friends on building The Pramana Collective, a new communications consultancy for startups. Yu had been with Facebook since August 2008.

Facebook also removed 28 positions from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of user operations, account management, global marketing, measurement and others. The company appears to have hired commercial and patent counsel, heads of agency and CPG relationships in Sydney, and a public content partnerships analyst, among others.

Prior listings removed from Facebook’s careers page:

• Executive Administrative Assistant to COO (Menlo Park)
• Commercial Counsel (Menlo Park)
• Patent Counsel (Menlo Park)
• Associate Manager, Public Policy (New York – Washington – Menlo Park)
• Manager, Technology Communications (Mobile) (Menlo Park)
• Merchant Operations Analyst (Menlo Park)
• HR Specialist (Contract) (Dublin)
• HR Specialist (Austin)
• Leadership Sourcer – Contractor (Menlo Park)
• Critical Facility Technician (Forest City)
• Measurement Partnership Manager (Menlo Park)
• Analyst, User Operations, Brazilian Portuguese (Dublin)
• Analyst, User Operations, Russian (Dublin)
• Team Lead, User Operations (Austin)
• Public Content Partnerships Analyst (Menlo Park)
• Account Manager, Polish (Dublin)
• Account Specialist, Strategic Client Services (Dublin)
• Agency Partner, Sub Saharan Africa (Dubai)
• Partner Manager, Preferred Marketing Developer, CEEMEA (Dublin)
• Agency Relationship Manager, Global Marketing Solutions (Sydney)
• Head of Agency (Sydney)
• Head of CPG (Sydney)
• Client Partner, Games & Mobile (Menlo Park)
• Client Partner, Mobile (Chicago)
• Client Partner, Technology/Telecommunications (Menlo Park)
• Manager, Global Marketing Solutions – CPG (Austin)
• Data Engineer, Data Warehouse (Menlo Park)
• Measurement Partnership Researcher (London)

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Facebook added 17 new positions to its careers page this week, including a Manager of Public Policy for Instagram and a number of openings on the user operations, finance and sales teams.

New listings added to Facebook’s careers page:

• Manager, Public Policy (Instagram) (Menlo Park)
• Financial Analyst, FP&A – HR (Menlo Park)
• International Payroll Lead (Dublin)
• Privacy Counsel (Washington)
• Data Product Manager (Menlo Park)
• IT Operations Lead (Menlo Park)
• Security Engineer (Menlo Park)
• HR Specialist (Austin)
• Data Center Facility Operations Engineering Manager (Altoona)
• Associate, Risk Ads (Hyderabad)
• Specialist, Risk Operations (Hyderabad) (Hyderabad)
• Analyst, User Operations, Site Integrity (Hyderabad)
• Team Lead, Product Operations (Menlo Park)
• Global Account Manager (Mexico City)
• Head of CPG (Sydney)
• Vertical Client Partner, Retail (London)
• Vertical Client Partner, Telco (London)

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Facebook added 34 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the engineering, account management and user operations teams.

The company is looking for a number of administrative assistants in different departments, including one to work directly for COO Sheryl Sandberg.

Facebook is also seeking to hire performance marketing strategists to “advise some of the industry’s largest performance marketers on how to use the power of social marketing for performance-based objectives.”

New listings added to Facebook’s careers page:

• Accessibility QA Specialist (Menlo Park)
• Software Engineer (Toronto – Vancouver)
• Partner Solutions Engineer (Singapore)
• Performance and Capacity Engineer (Menlo Park)
• Financial Operations (Menlo Park)
• Fixed Assets Accountant – Systems and Controls (Menlo Park)
• Administrative Assistant – Corporate Development (Menlo Park)
• Administrative Assistant, Ads Engineering (Menlo Park)
• Administrative Assistant, Mobile Partner Management (Menlo Park)
• Administrative Assistant, Platform Partnerships (Menlo Park)
• Administrative Assistant, Sales Planning & Operations (Menlo Park)
• Executive Assistant (Mumbai) (Mumbai)
• Associate Manager, Public Policy (New York – Washington – Menlo Park)
• Manager, Data Protection and Public Policy (London)
• Language Specialist, Arabic (Contract) (Menlo Park)
• Team Lead, User Operations (Menlo Park)
• Lead Developer, Salesforce (Menlo Park)
• Technical Recruiter (Contract) (Dublin)
• Data Center Construction Cost Manager (Menlo Park)
• Data Center Technical Operations Manager (Altoona)
• Performance Marketing Manager, Marketing Communications (Menlo Park)
• Performance Solutions (Direct Response) Strategist (Dublin)
• Performance Solutions (Direct Response) Strategist (London)
• Product Marketing Manager, Data & Audience Targeting (Menlo Park)
• Analyst, User Operations Intellectual Property (Menlo Park)
• Associate, User Operations Intellectual Property (Austin)
• Account Manager, Tech/Social Commerce (Menlo Park)
• Account Manager, Dutch (Dublin)
• Account Manager, French (Dublin – Paris)
• EMEA Sales Manager, Gaming (Dublin)
• Manager, Mid Market Sales, France (Dublin)
• Partner Manager, Preferred Marketing Developer, Spain. Italy, Portugal (Dublin)
• Client Partner Argentina (Buenos Aires)
• Performance (Direct Response) Sales Trainer (Menlo Park)

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Facebook removed 27 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of measurement, strategic partner development, communications and others.

In notable departures news, Chief Accounting Officer David Spillane is reportedly stepping down, with Jas Athwal, Facebook’s Corporate Controller, Revenue, taking his place.

Prior listings removed from Facebook’s careers page:

• Executive Speechwriter, Marketing Communications (Menlo Park)
• Lead, Vertical Measurement – Retail (Chicago – New York – Menlo Park)
• Regional Product Marketing Partner (London)
• Account Manager, CPG (Chicago)
• Global Account Manager (Mexico City)
• Strategic Partner Development, Entertainment (London)
• Strategic Partner Development, Media (New York) (New York)
• Media Solutions, Melbourne (Australia) (Melbourne)
• Media Solutions, Sydney (Australia) (Sydney)
• Agency Partner (Warsaw)
• Client Partner, Warsaw (Warsaw)
• Client Partner, Czech (Dublin)
• Client Partner, Gaming, EMEA (Dublin)
• Client Partner – Retail, Global Marketing Solutions (Sydney – Melbourne)
• Head of CPG, Entertainment & Automotive (Sydney)
• Relationship Manager (Singapore)
• Agency Account Specialist (New York)
• Finance Manager, FP&A – Platform Partnerships & Operations (Menlo Park)
• Lead Advertising and Privacy Counsel (Menlo Park)
• Associate Manager, Consumer Communications (Los Angeles)
• AV/VC Operations Manager (Menlo Park)
• Manager, Physical Security Systems (Menlo Park)
• Benefits Program Manager (Menlo Park)
• Associate UX Researcher (Menlo Park)
• Logistics and Warehousing Program Manager (Menlo Park)
• Technical Writer, Site Operations (Menlo Park)
• Sourcing Manager, Server Hardware (Menlo Park)

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Facebook added 14 new positions to its careers page this week, including a number of openings on the sales operations, marketing and sales teams.

One interesting role is for a Head of Global Brand Design to “invent and build world-class, socially designed marketing products, platforms and programs that our top partners invest behind to transform their business.” Facebook’s Global Head of Brand Design is Paul Adams, who joined the company from Google in 2011. Adams’s ideas were influential in Google’s approach with Circles in Google+. Now he works on brand campaigns and does a lot of speaking on behalf of Facebook. It’s unclear whether he is looking to leave Facebook or move to a different role.

• Platform Stability Engineer (Menlo Park)
• Sales Operations Analyst, Menlo Park (Menlo Park)
• Sales Operations Analyst, NYC (New York)
• Merchant Operations Analyst (Menlo Park)
• Technology Partner, Procure-to-Pay (Menlo Park)
• HR Business Partner, Engineering (Menlo Park)
• Executive Speechwriter, Marketing Communications (Menlo Park)
• Head of Global Brand Design (Menlo Park)
• Ad Operations Analyst, Latin America (Contractor) (São Paulo)
• Account Manager, eCommerce (Singapore)
• Account Manager, Gaming (Singapore)
• Administrative Assistant , Singapore (Singapore)
• Account Manager, Global Marketing Solutions (Gaming) (Menlo Park)
• Direct Response Analyst (London)

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Facebook removed 28 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after making hires in the areas of marketing, communications, account management and others.

• Manager, Data Warehouse Operations (Menlo Park)
• Safety and Security Engineer (New York)
• Latin America Business Operations Consultant (São Paulo)
• Tax Controversy (Menlo Park)
• Consumer Content Manager (New York)
• Manager, Corporate Communications (Toronto)
• Manager, Global Law Enforcement Response Team (Menlo Park)
• Interview Scheduler – Contract (Menlo Park)
• Recruiter (London)
• Sourcer, Diversity (Menlo Park)
• UEX/CS Recruiter – Contract (Menlo Park)
• Communication Designer- University (Menlo Park)
• Creative Producer (Menlo Park)
• Technical Program Manager, Data Center (Menlo Park)
• Marketing Manager, Global Vertical Marketing (Menlo Park)
• Regional Product Marketing Partner (Singapore)
• Product Marketing Manager (Menlo Park)
• Manager, Data Warehouse Operations (Menlo Park)
• Account Manager, Finance (New York)
• Account Manager, Finance (Chicago)
• Growth Manager (LATAM) (Mexico City)
• Team Lead, Media Solutions, Italian (Dublin)
• Strategic Partner Development – Athletes (Los Angeles – Menlo Park)
• Agency Partner, Turkey (London)
• Client Partner, South Africa (Dublin)
• Client Partner, Sub Saharan Africa (Dubai)
• Team Assistant (Part-Time) (Dubai)
• Team Assistant (half time – contract) (Warsaw)

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During the Facebook Home launch event, Zuck premiered the company’s first commercial for the product.

Complete with half-naked dudes stuffed into luggage compartments, surprise drag queens, and an unintentionally spooky child, it was… pretty bad. One guy in the audience behind me whispered “Is this real life?“, faces were palmed, and the room was pretty quiet as the lights came back up. They aimed for weird-funny, but ended up with mostly just weird.

Fortunately, their second attempt is about a thousand times better, if only because it has a goat that screams in Zuck’s face. Plus, unlike the first commercial, this one actually mentions Facebook Home before the last half second of the 60 second spot.

The new TV spot:

(For the curious, that’s totally Facebook’s real Menlo Park HQ)

And for those who missed it, the original, super weird commercial:

If only a funny commercial could save them from a mountain of scathing user reviews.

Article courtesy of TechCrunch

Good morning, Internet! We’re live from Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, where the company is expected to finally detail the bordering-on-mythical Facebook Phone. Will it be just one phone? Will it be software to turn many Android phones into the Facebook Phone? We’re here to find out!

The event is scheduled to start at 10 A.M Pacific, and our live blog (below) should start shortly before then. Tune in then for all of the up-to-the-very-second details

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Facebook had some fairly high profile departures this week, with designer Rasmus Andersson joining Dropbox and managing editor Dan Fletcher announcing he will leave to work on personal projects instead. Malorie Lucich, who has been the platform communications team since 2008, is going to Pinterest.

Unrelated to those vacancies, Facebook has hired Jeremy Barton and Rob Boyle, cofounders of cross-platform reputation system Legit. This was not an acquisition or acqui-hire, but it does mean Legit will be shutting down. The two did not say what area they would be focused on within Facebook.

The social network also removed 27 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after filling roles in measurement, sales, recruiting and other areas.

Prior listings removed from Facebook’s careers page:

• Platform Program Manager (Menlo Park)
• Financial Accountant – EMEA (contract) (Dublin)
• FP&A, Sr. Financial Analyst – G&A (Menlo Park)
• Internal Audit Analyst (Menlo Park)
• Security Counsel (Menlo Park)
• Security Operations Center Manager (Menlo Park)
• PLM Business Analyst (Contract) (Menlo Park)
• Law Enforcement Response Team Lead (Austin)
• Legal Compliance Operations Specialist (Menlo Park)
• HR Administrator (Contract) (Dublin)
• Immigration Legal Assistant – Contract (Menlo Park)
• Executive Technical Recruiter (Menlo Park)
• Resume screener – contract (Menlo Park)
• Technical Program Coordinator (Menlo Park)
• Technical Program Manager, Network Engineering (Menlo Park)
• Vertical Analyst, Global Vertical Marketing (Menlo Park)
• Associate, User Operations (Austin)
• Partner Engineer, Gaming (London)
• Growth Manager (LATAM) (Mexico City – Menlo Park)
• Associate, Media Solutions (Mumbai)
• Small Business Analyst (Tokyo)
• Account Manager, Milan (Milan)
• Client Partner, Global Marketing Solutions (Sydney)
• Manager, Global Marketing Solutions – Entertainment (Menlo Park)
• Data Scientist (Menlo Park)
• Technical Lead, Media Analytics (Hyderabad)
• CPG Vertical Measurement Lead (London)

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Facebook removed 26 job listings from its careers page this week, likely after filling roles in engineering, recruiting, product marketing, sales and other areas.

It seems the company has found another partner manager to work with DSPs involved with the Facebook Exchange, as that program is quickly growing. There was also a job removed for a Manager, Business Partner Management, PMD Program.

Prior listings removed from Facebook’s careers page:

• Software Engineer, Compiler & Virtual Machine (Menlo Park)
• Financial Analyst, Infrastructure and Technology (Menlo Park)
• Technology Sourcing Specialist (Contract) (Menlo Park)
• Executive Administrative Assistant – Contract (Menlo Park)
• Paralegal (Legal Assistant) (São Paulo)
• Facebook Exchange (FBX) Partner Manager, PMD Program (Menlo Park)
• Product Specialist, User Operations (Menlo Park)
• BI Engineer (Menlo Park)
• BI Engineer, Visualization & Reporting (Menlo Park)
• Manager, IT Engineering (Menlo Park)
• HR Specialist – Contract (São Paulo)
• Recruiter (Tokyo)
• Data Visualization Designer (Menlo Park)
• Research Participant Recruiter (Menlo Park)
• Engineering Manager, Data Center Design (Menlo Park)
• Asset Strategy & Optimization Analyst (Menlo Park)
• Associate Product Marketing Manager (Menlo Park)
• Product Marketing Director, Monetization (Menlo Park)
• Online Marketing Specialist – SMB (Menlo Park)
• Payment Operations Analyst – Contract (Austin)
• Risk Analyst, Contractor (Austin)
• Account Manager, QSR (New York)
• Account Specialist, Global Marketing Solutions (Menlo Park)
• Manager, Business Partner Management, PMD Program (Menlo Park)
• Client Partner, Quebec (Toronto)
• Global Business Manager, APAC (Singapore)

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