Placement, Client Service, 2026

Start date & duration: September 2026 for 12 months

Looking for a placement with commercial frontline responsibility and the opportunity to work on live client projects? If so, our Client Service Placement program is the right choice for you.

Consider the Client Service Placement program if: 

• You thrive in a fast-paced, target-driven 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 a Client Service Placement

On placement 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 Client Service Placements means: 

1. Giving you an introduction to the business world without being pigeonholed into any one industry or profession.
2. Helping you develop transferable commercial and client management skills spanning professional communications, negotiation, persuasion, project and time management.
3. Providing you with a mentor, dedicated time with senior leadership, and the opportunity to deliver a business-related project to our co-founder and Region Head. 
4. Opportunity to receive a full-time employment offer to return post-graduation. Learn more about our commercial career paths here.
5. A unique training curriculum starting with intense on-the-job coaching starting with our New Joiner Academy in your first weeks to set you up for success.
6. Join alongside a cohort of other placement students and full-time associates - making joining AlphaSights a shared experience. 
7. An inspiring, high-energy, merit-based environment with ambitious peers.

Requirements

You’ll need to bring your A game to work, daily. We are looking for:

• Currently studying towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree which includes a placement (year in industry) and due to graduate in 2028
• Track record of strong academic performance (minimum 2:1 in the UK for example) 
• Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
• Experience evidencing an interest in business is a plus.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Fluent (C2 level) English; fluency in an additional European language or experience living and working in continental Europe is desired but not necessary. 

Compensation and benefits

• Expect compensation ranging from £25,000-£30,500 per annum based on individual performance. 
• 25 annual vacation days, UK bank holidays, and business closure over the Christmas break.
• Comprehensive private health insurance coverage and dental insurance.
• Opportunity to receive a full-time employment offer to return post-graduation. Learn more about our commercial career paths here.
• Offices in central London; subsidised lunch plus free breakfast, snacks and fruit throughout the day.
• Option to work from home on Fridays.

A few words from former placement Beinn Mackay, Vice President, Consulting 

“Participating in the placement program was one of the best career decisions I’ve made. It gave me a strong foundation in the client service role and a clear view of what a career at AlphaSights could offer. I received the same training support and onboarding as full-time associates, which meant I could contribute commercially from day one. The early exposure to real responsibilities and different teams helped me quickly build key skills and understand the company’s culture. It made returning an easy decision, setting me up to hit the ground running and progress quickly in my AlphaSights journey!”

 

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