Client Service Associate

Dialectica; Montreal; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly performance bonus

Health coverage

Well-being benefits

Team bonding activities

Job summary

Dialectica is hiring an Associate in the Client Service Team to link clients with industry experts. You will identify knowledge gaps, research industries, and connect with experts via phone, LinkedIn, and email, ensuring relevance and quality for client briefs.

The role emphasizes research, sales outreach, and professional communication while developing core skills in client relationship and project management in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in any field.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Evidence of leadership in extracurricular activities.
• Strong interest in business and professional growth.
• Growth mindset and resilience in face of challenges.
• Client service oriented with commitment to going beyond.
• Ability to learn quickly and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Review client briefs to understand knowledge gaps and research industries to identify relevant experts.
• Utilize phone, LinkedIn, and email outreach to connect with experts.
• Screen experts for suitability and relevance to address client needs.

Skills

Fluent English

Client service

Research skills

Sales aptitude

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

As an Associate in the Client Service Team, you will act as a knowledge broker between our clients and industry experts. Your role is to partner with our clients to understand their knowledge gaps and identify experts with the most relevant experience and knowledge that can address them. One day you could be connecting a private equity firm with experts to better understand the sub-Saharan African telecommunications market, while the next day assisting a strategy consultancy looking into the growth outlook for solar energy in the Middle East.

You will need to think critically and fast, conduct high-level research into industries and companies, and identify the best experts ensuring they have the most relevant experience and knowledge to address our clients’ questions. You will spend a reasonable amount of time reaching out to potential experts via phone and email to assess whether they possess the relevant experience and knowledge, before connecting them with our clients. Working on multiple client projects at once, you will quickly develop core skills in sales, time management & prioritization, negotiation, and professional communication skills.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing client project briefs to understand their knowledge gaps and conduct high level industry and company research to identify the most relevant experts
• Utilizing phone, LinkedIn, and email outreach to connect with experts
• Critically screening experts for their suitability and relevance to address a client’s needs with an emphasis on quality

The Client Service team is the revenue epicenter of our business. A career in the Client Service team at Dialectica is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to build an accelerated career, unlock competitive performance compensation, and develop key core skills across an array of competencies in sales, professional communications, client relationship management, project management, account management, and people management. Hard work, drive, and commitment to delivering value will put you on track to develop into a Manager at an accelerated rate.

Requirements

Our future Dialectica team member has:

• 0-3 years of work experience
• Academic achievement gained in any undergraduate field (Bachelor’s degree or higher)
• Fluency in English is a must, both verbal and written
• Participation in extracurricular activities with proven records of leadership
• Strong interest and passion for the business world
• A development mentality to view setbacks and short term challenges as learning opportunities for growth
• A client service mentality, which means you are committed to go beyond
• The opportunity to gain transferable skills including research, sales, negotiation, commercial awareness, professional communication, time and project management
• Be part of a creative, entrepreneurial a,nd fast-paced workplace
• Learning and development programs
• Competitive compensation schemes including a monthly performance bonus
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical and dental)
• Sponsored health & well-being, team bonding activities