FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
First Quarter 2015 Digital Jobs Index - Boston and New York Off To a
Slower Start Compared To Last Year
New York Adds 3.4% and Boston Adds 1.6% for Q1
[CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 6, 2015] ON Search Partners (www.onpartners.com), a leading retained executive search firm, has
compiled the results of its quarterly East Coast Digital Jobs Index. Compared to the prior three years, both cities are off to a
slower start in 2015 in terms of new job creation in the digital sector. New York's first quarter digital hiring increased 3.4% while
Boston's increased 1.6%.
ON Search Partners' John Barrett observed: "The first half of the year is normally the strongest in terms of new job creation. Both
Boston and New York City created fewer new jobs than we would have expected in the first quarter. However, we expect to see
stronger numbers in the second quarter of 2015."
New York's Top 10 list of job creators includes for the first time ClassPass. Also, NYC's Up And Comers List for the first time
includes Bustle, Button Inc., FreeWheel, JIBE, Kickstarter and Poppin.
Boston's Top 10 list featured only familiar names from past quarters. No new entrants made the list of Top 10 job
creators. However, the Up And Comers List included newcomers Salsify, BlueSnap, SiteSpect, Redpoint Global, Booster, PillPack,
Wanderu and DealerRater.
Other interesting take-aways from the first quarter Digital Jobs Index include:

Google now has more than 5,000 employees in New York City. This compares to Amazon's 1,700 employees. AOL and
Yahoo! also have more than 1,000 local employees. West Coast companies continue to generate enormous jobs growth.

Wayfair has secured its place as the largest digital jobs employer in Boston with more than 1,200 people. Google and
Monster are the other companies with more than 1,000 employees in the Boston metropolitan area. Constant Contact
has a chance this year to join this elite club of large employers who have more than 1,000 local employees.

New York has 109 companies employing 100+ people locally while Boston has 45 companies who've reached that
headcount level.
Quarterly Employment Change in Digital Jobs (%)
First Quarter 2015 results from ON Search Partners - Digital Jobs Index:
New York data:
Boston data:
398 Internet and digital companies with 10+ employees 194 Internet and digital companies with 10+ employees
in New York City
in Boston
 Approximately 1,520 jobs added for a 3.4% gain
 Approximately 300 jobs added for a 1.6% gain
Top 10 companies showing largest headcount gains in New York include:
1. Amazon
1. Amazon
2. Google
2. Wayfair
3. LinkedIn
3. HubSpot
4. Facebook
4. CarGurus
5. BuzzFeed
5. Google
6. Twitter
6. Constant Contact
7. AppNexus
7. Criteo
8. Pandora
8. Demandware
9. Refinery29
9. DraftKings
10. ClassPass
10. Care.com
Up-and-coming private companies showing large headcount gains:
 Blue Apron
 Jana
 Schoology
 Salsify
 Sprinklr
 Fiksu
 Jet.com
 WordStream
 MediaMath
 ezCater
 Bustle
 Crimson Hexagon
 Business Insider
 BookBub
 Artsy
 BlueSnap
 Plated
 Skyword
 Yext
 SiteSpect
 Dataminr
 HourlyNerd
 Squarespace
 Drizly
 ShopKeep
 Localytics
 Button Inc.
 Swipely
 Oscar Insurance
 Invaluable
 chloe & isabel
 EverTrue
 Rent the Runway
 Quantopian
 Intent Media
 Redpoint Global
 FreeWheel
 Booster
 JIBE
 Scvngr
 Vox Media
 PillPack
 Grovo
 Wanderu
 NewsCred
 DealerRater
 Contently
 OwnerIQ
 Kickstarter
 Pixability
 Poppin
 SessionM
 Felix
 Circle Internet Financial
ON Search Partners surveyed only pure-play Internet and digital companies. Based on its research, the company
believes that the businesses surveyed represent more than 90 percent of the Internet and digital employees in New
York and Boston. Major digital sub-sectors covered include consumer Internet, small business Internet, advertising
technology, consumer payments and marketing automation. Excluded from the survey were digital-focused
employees of "traditional" companies and digital ad agencies. ON Search Partners continually adds or subtracts
companies for inclusion in the Index based on the criteria of employing 10 or more employees in either the New York
or Boston metropolitan areas. ON Search Partners' East Coast Digital Jobs Index is current as of April 1, 2015.
John Barrett:
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnbarrett3
Twitter (@jbarrett): https://twitter.com/#!/jbarrett
About ON Search Partners
ON Search Partners is a leading retained executive search firm that identifies and recruits the best C-Suite, Board and
senior executive talent for growth companies, particularly in the technology, life sciences, industrial, cleantech and
financial services sectors. The firm has offices across the U.S. in the Silicon Valley, Dallas, Minneapolis, Portland, OR,
Cleveland, Atlanta, Boston and Baltimore/DC areas. ON Search Partners provides a highly-personalized, consultative
approach for both public and private companies, as well as venture capitalist and private equity firms. For more
information, explore www.onpartners.com.
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