Associate, Client Service, English Speaker, 2026
Looking to start your career in a fast-paced commercial role? Seeking to have immediate personal impact with a clear career path ahead of you? If so, our Associate Program is the right choice for you.
Springboard your career with us if:
- You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
- You possess a client-first mindset.
- You excel under pressure and enjoy working to tight deadlines.
- You are gritty, resilient and ready to roll up your sleeves and make things happen.
A day in the life of an Associate
As an Associate in the Client Service team, you’ll be the link between our clients and the expert knowledge they seek. Throughout your workday, you’ll work on multiple projects from investors, strategists and dealmakers at top-tier client organizations seeking expert insights to inform their decision-making. This is a communications-intense frontline role requiring you to multitask across parallel workstreams.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Recruiting experts: you will spend a significant part of your day speaking on the phone with experts who are uniquely relevant matches for your clients’ projects, often under tight deadlines.
- Understanding the project and market context and the legal and regulatory environment in which your clients and experts operate.
- Taking ownership of every aspect of your projects, from initiating and managing client-expert communications to meticulously scheduling calls to ensure seamless collaboration between them.
Ensuring success for our Associates means:
- Giving you an introduction to the business world without being pigeonholed into any one industry or profession.
- Helping you develop transferable commercial and client management skills spanning professional communications, negotiation, persuasion, project and time management.
- A clear career path for advancement to Manager after 24-30 months, and to Vice President after ~5 years.
- Successful completion of the Associate Program may qualify you for our MBA Tuition Program, which provides financial support towards the program cost of some of the top business schools worldwide.
Requirements
You’ll need to bring your A game to work, daily. We are looking for:
* Strong academic credentials (undergraduate degree of 2:1 or above).
* Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
* Relevant internship experience
* Fluent English is required; experience living or working in continental Europe is desired
Note from DCU Careers Service: It is essential to check all information at source. We advise applicants to use their own judgement and conduct their own research when selecting potential opportunities, employers or regions. You should check with overseas employers/organisations for full details of your contract and salary/stipends, as well as all costs associated with the position or programme including flights, accommodation and other travel costs, visas, insurance, placement fees, etc before accepting any offer. For working overseas, we would also recommend that you thoroughly research the region under consideration and check the travel advice about the country or region on the Department of Foreign Affairs website.
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Looking to start your career in a fast-paced commercial role? Seeking to have immediate personal impact with a clear career path ahead of you? If so, our Associate Program is the right choice for you.
Springboard your career with us if:
- You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
- You possess a client-first mindset.
- You excel under pressure and enjoy working to tight deadlines.
- You are gritty, resilient and ready to roll up your sleeves and make things happen.
A day in the life of an Associate
As an Associate in the Client Service team, you’ll be the link between our clients and the expert knowledge they seek. Throughout your workday, you’ll work on multiple projects from investors, strategists and dealmakers at top-tier client organizations seeking expert insights to inform their decision-making. This is a communications-intense frontline role requiring you to multitask across parallel workstreams.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Recruiting experts: you will spend a significant part of your day speaking on the phone with experts who are uniquely relevant matches for your clients’ projects, often under tight deadlines.
- Understanding the project and market context and the legal and regulatory environment in which your clients and experts operate.
- Taking ownership of every aspect of your projects, from initiating and managing client-expert communications to meticulously scheduling calls to ensure seamless collaboration between them.
Ensuring success for our Associates means:
- Giving you an introduction to the business world without being pigeonholed into any one industry or profession.
- Helping you develop transferable commercial and client management skills spanning professional communications, negotiation, persuasion, project and time management.
- A clear career path for advancement to Manager after 24-30 months, and to Vice President after ~5 years.
- Successful completion of the Associate Program may qualify you for our MBA Tuition Program, which provides financial support towards the program cost of some of the top business schools worldwide.
Requirements
You’ll need to bring your A game to work, daily. We are looking for:
* Strong academic credentials (undergraduate degree of 2:1 or above).
* Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
* Relevant internship experience
* Fluent English is required; experience living or working in continental Europe is desired
Note from DCU Careers Service: It is essential to check all information at source. We advise applicants to use their own judgement and conduct their own research when selecting potential opportunities, employers or regions. You should check with overseas employers/organisations for full details of your contract and salary/stipends, as well as all costs associated with the position or programme including flights, accommodation and other travel costs, visas, insurance, placement fees, etc before accepting any offer. For working overseas, we would also recommend that you thoroughly research the region under consideration and check the travel advice about the country or region on the Department of Foreign Affairs website.
