Summer Associate, Client Service, Mandarin Speaker, 2027

Location: New York

Start date: June 7, 2027

End date: August 13, 2027

Duration: 10 weeks

Looking for an internship with commercial frontline responsibility and the opportunity to work on live client projects? Do you seek to have immediate personal impact? If so, our Summer Associate program is the right choice for you.

About AlphaSights

We bring together some of the most ambitious people from around the globe to work with the leading investment funds, strategy consultancies and Fortune 500 companies. Together, we help our clients access expert knowledge, elevate their decision-making and drive progress by connecting them with niche experts across the world.

Founded in 2008, our journey has been nothing short of extraordinary. With 2,000+ professionals in nine cities worldwide, we’ve earned our place as a leader in our market through our client service excellence, and integrating our proprietary technology to stay ahead of the curve. Our relentless pursuit of excellence means we only hire the best and brightest graduates to help us reach new heights.

Consider the Summer Associate program if:

• You thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• You possess a client-first mindset.
• You excel under pressure and enjoy using tech-enabled workflows to meet tight deadlines.
• You are gritty, resilient and ready to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.
• You enjoy the opportunity to regularly upskill on new tools and workflows, including those powered by AI, to improve your professional output.

A day in the life of a Summer Associate

As a Summer Associate in the Client Service team, you’ll be the link between our clients and the expert knowledge they seek. These connections could take the form of an hour-long phone call between the client and expert advisor, a survey, or a written research product. Throughout your workday, you will 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:

• Owning end-to-end client-expert communications, spending a significant part of your day on the phone screening and negotiating with relevant experts to position the best possible matches for your clients’ requests.
• Leveraging AI-powered sourcing tools to map complex industry value chains and identify and engage with relevant experts.
• Understanding the project and market context and the legal and regulatory environment in which your clients and experts operate.

Ensuring success for our Summer 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 unique training curriculum and intense on-the-job coaching, helping you develop highly transferable commercial and managerial skills.
• 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:

• Undergraduate Junior (Class of 2028).
• Strong academic credentials (undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or above).
• Noteworthy extracurricular achievement throughout school and university.
• Internship experience evidencing an interest in business is a plus.
• Fluent English and Mandarin is required.
• Work authorization in the United States; we do not sponsor visas but will consider applicants with STEM/OPT eligibility.

Benefits

• Internship compensation is $15,384.62 for a 10-week program.
• Opportunity to receive a full-time employment offer to return post-graduation. Learn more about our commercial career paths here.
• Prime midtown office with state-of-the-art amenities; option to WFH each Friday.

AlphaSights is an equal-opportunity employer.