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What is a customer experience associate and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025
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Sally Hiott B.S. MBA, DBA
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A customer experience associate is responsible for ensuring that customers have a positive experience with a company's products or services. Their role involves interacting with customers to understand their needs and concerns, resolving issues, providing product information, and delivering excellent customer service. Customer experience associates are also responsible for managing customer complaints and feedback, maintaining customer records, and collaborating with other departments to improve the overall customer experience.

What general advice would you give to a customer experience associate?

Sally Hiott B.S. MBA, DBA

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Charleston Southern University

Show employers how you would not only fill an open position regarding the work at hand, but show them how you would be an asset to their team. We are in very team driven work environments currently, and hiring managers want to know what you can bring to the table. Filling a void is great for the workload, but enhancing a team culture makes them not want to work without you!
ScoreCustomer Experience AssociateUS Average
Salary
2.2

Avg. Salary $27,830

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level
5.9

Growth rate -4%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity
9.4
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67%

Asian 7.55%

Black or African American 11.72%

Hispanic or Latino 19.36%

Unknown 5.77%

White 54.93%

Gender

female 68.38%

male 31.62%

Age - 39
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 39
Stress level
5.9

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level
6.6

Complexity level is challenging

7 - challenging

Work life balance
6.5

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

What are the pros and cons of being a customer experience associate?

Pros

  • Possibility of career growth within the company

  • Opportunity to gain experience in various industries

  • Potential for flexible scheduling and work-from-home options

  • Chance to make a positive impact on customers' lives

  • Discounts on company products or services

Cons

  • Dealing with difficult or irate customers can be stressful

  • May need to work evenings, weekends, or holidays

  • Limited ability to resolve certain customer issues due to company policies or procedures

  • May be required to work in a noisy or crowded environment

  • Potential for long periods of sitting or standing at a computer workstation

Customer experience associate career paths

Key steps to become a customer experience associate

  1. Explore customer experience associate education requirements

    Most common customer experience associate degrees

    Bachelor's

    59.2 %

    Associate

    17.7 %

    High School Diploma

    12.4 %
  2. Start to develop specific customer experience associate skills

    SkillsPercentages
    Customer Service17.70%
    Customer Inquiries12.73%
    Cash Handling9.28%
    Customer Expectations8.65%
    Product Knowledge4.70%
  3. Complete relevant customer experience associate training and internships

    Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New customer experience associates learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a customer experience associate based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real customer experience associate resumes.
  4. Research customer experience associate duties and responsibilities

    • Manage compliance with monthly branch alarm tests, teller drawer and ATM audits.
    • Manage call center productivity levels by maintaining CSR schedule adherence.
    • Treat every customer with respect & compassion.
    • Handle POS cash register which involve soliciting credit.
  5. Prepare your customer experience associate resume

    When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your customer experience associate resume.

    You can use Zippia's AI resume builder to make the resume writing process easier while also making sure that you include key information that hiring managers expect to see on a customer experience associate resume. You'll find resume tips and examples of skills, responsibilities, and summaries, all provided by Zippi, your career sidekick.

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  6. Apply for customer experience associate jobs

    Now it's time to start searching for a customer experience associate job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

    1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
    2. Consult your professional network
    3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
    4. Watch out for job scams

How did you land your first customer experience associate job

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Average customer experience associate salary

The average customer experience associate salary in the United States is $27,830 per year or $13 per hour. Customer experience associate salaries range between $15,000 and $49,000 per year.

Average customer experience associate salary
$27,830 Yearly
$13.38 hourly

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How do customer experience associates rate their job?

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Customer experience associate reviews

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A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2022
Pros

I got to do a variety of tasks daily. Got treated with respect from management and other coworkers.

Cons

Sometimes I had to finish up job tasks that were assigned to others that were not completed.


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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros

The people and helping them solve their problems, also being first to help the customers.

Cons

not being able to communicate with a customer


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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2019
Pros

Learn new job skills and meet people

Cons

Sometimes hours are long and pay is not good to start out


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Updated January 8, 2025

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