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Customer Escalations Specialist - Customer Care

Job type
Full Time
Level
Associate
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Your Role

As a Customer Escalations Specialist within our Service Excellence Hub, you will be on the front line for delivering exceptional end-to-end customer experiences for our customers. Youll handle senior escalations, internal and external complaints, Trustpilot reviews, and high-profile cases with empathy, sound judgment, and operational excellence.

Youll act as a key voice of the customerassist in capturing insights, identifying root causes, and collaborating with stakeholders across the business to drive meaningful improvements. Your expertise will help shape how we prevent issues from recurring and improve our processes.

The Details

Complaint & Escalation Management

  • Handle complex and sensitive customer escalations across written channels, voice, internal complaints, external complaints, and Trustpilot.
  • Use calm, empathetic communication to de-escalate challenging situations and reach resolutions that balance customer experience with business needs.
  • Have a strong sense of judgment and autonomy to resolve issues, escalating to senior leaders only when necessary.
  • Think creatively to offer fair, tailored resolutions that build trust and protect brand reputation.

Senior Stakeholder & High-Level Escalation Management

  • Manage high-visibility, senior-level escalations with professionalism and urgency.
  • Act as a trusted escalation contact to senior leaders, providing concise summaries and recommended next steps.
  • Communicate complex issues clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders across the business, ensuring alignment on actions and expected outcomes.
  • Handle escalations raised by executive teams, regulatory contacts, or external partnersbalancing customer needs, commercial impact, and brand protection.
  • Maintain exceptional documentation and clarity of reasoning to support senior-level decision making and audit readiness.

External Third-Party Complaints & Feedback Loop Management

  • Manage complaints received from external third parties (e.g., carriers, partners, agencies, and consumer-advocacy organisations) with professionalism, accuracy, and clear communication.
  • Conduct thorough investigations with relevant stakeholders to understand root causes and ensure fair, evidence-based outcomes.
  • Provide clear, timely updates to external partners, ensuring full visibility of actions taken and expected timelines.
  • Maintain high-quality written responses that reflect brand standards, regulatory expectations, and commercial considerations.
  • Close the feedback loop by ensuring insights from external complaints are captured, shared, and actioned by the relevant teams.
  • Identify recurring themes from external complaint sources and work collaboratively to prevent future issues.

Insight & Continuous Improvement

  • Capture and analyse customer pain points, themes, and root causes across all escalation types.
  • Share insights and identifying opportunities with cross-functional teams to assist with process improvements and reduce repeat contacts.

Innovation & Change

  • Contribute to the design, testing, and rollout of new processes, tools, and service initiatives within the Service Excellence Hub.
  • Provide feedback on the effectiveness of changes and champion continuous improvement.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. Thats why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. Its a rhythm that speeds up decision-making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly, and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create, and succeed.

/01 Company Description

Were ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world.

We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, youre free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

But how are we showing up? Were proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list.

Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you.

/02 Job Qualifications

About you

  • Experience in working in customer care, complaints handling, and senior escalations.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive situations professionally.
  • Empathetic, calm under pressure, and solutions focused.
  • Confident decision-maker able to work independently when needed.
  • Comfortable using data, insights, and feedback to improve performance and influence change.
  • Strong attention to detail and able to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
  • Passionate about delivering great customer experiences and elevating service standards.

Personal Effectiveness

  • Workload Management: Ability to manage caseload while maintaining quality and SLAs.
  • Adaptability to Change: Engaging with new tools, processes, and service initiatives.
  • Professional Conduct: Demonstrating empathy, judgment, and customer-first behaviours.

/03 Additional Info

BeneFITS

  • Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
  • Employee sample sales
  • 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
  • Performance related bonus
  • Private medical care scheme
  • Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role.
  • Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year, it's just an extra thank you from us

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Every single day I feel both supported and inspired! The constant flow of creativity within ASOS is contagious. It's cool to be encouraged to think outside the box.
I was initially drawn to ASOS as it is a reputable company with a culture that is unmatched. After joining ASOS I soon realised that just like the name, it was most definitely ‘As Seen On Screen’ – what you see is truly what you get. There are endless opportunities within the company with values embodying a culture of bringing your best self to work. I never feel as though I need to change to fit the status quo of the ‘corporate lifestyle’ but actually, I fit in more when I’m authentically being myself.
At ASOS I can bring my authentic self to work, you’re empowered to think different, innovate and do the things you love. ASOS is a fast paced, changing environment with fun at the heart of everything we do.
  • Christy Hill

    Operations @ ASOS

    Every single day I feel both supported and inspired! The constant flow of creativity within ASOS is contagious. It's cool to be encouraged to think outside the box.
  • Denise Finney

    Operations @ ASOS

    I was initially drawn to ASOS as it is a reputable company with a culture that is unmatched. After joining ASOS I soon realised that just like the name, it was most definitely ‘As Seen On Screen’ – what you see is truly what you get. There are endless opportunities within the company with values embodying a culture of bringing your best self to work. I never feel as though I need to change to fit the status quo of the ‘corporate lifestyle’ but actually, I fit in more when I’m authentically being myself.
  • Ben Rubery

    Operations @ ASOS

    At ASOS I can bring my authentic self to work, you’re empowered to think different, innovate and do the things you love. ASOS is a fast paced, changing environment with fun at the heart of everything we do.
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We are Customer First

We couldn’t be ASOS without our customers.

Across every behaviour, value, and all that we do, we see everything through our customers’ eyes. That means never taking anything for granted and always zeroing in on every single detail. So we can always bring our best as a team, and our customers can have an amazing experience, every time. 

We are Authentic

We work together to be honest, transparent, and our full authentic selves.

This is our ASOS. Our culture, built on collaboration and togetherness, and supported by what’s real and honest. We know that we win bigger when we win as a diverse team. That means celebrating our differences and using them to help us stand out from the crowd, without losing our authenticity and individuality.

We are Brave

We challenge each other to aim high and reach our potential.

Doing nothing gets us nowhere. We may be proud of everything we’ve done so far, but there’s still so much more to explore. We believe we can always be wiser, faster, stronger, bigger, braver, kinder…so asking ‘why’ isn’t just a question, it’s a necessity. We use our voice to drive us forward, speaking up on the things our people and customers care about and using our curiosity to create possibility. 

We are Creative

We know innovation leads to inspiration – it’s what makes us stronger

Change is in our DNA. By acting fast and staying one step ahead of the curve, we can be a leader, not a follower. But for our products and platform to be innovative, they have to be fuelled by creative passion and a deep understanding of our customers and our people. 

We always Deliver

We couldn’t be excellent without evidence – so whatever we’re doing, we have proof of why we’re doing it.

It takes facts and data to tell our stories and help us make our decisions in the most effective way possible. This means we can do what we say and own what we do, no matter how long it takes us to do it. We aren’t about nonsense ifs, buts and maybes, we’re about creating an ASOS that’s built for future success on delivered success. 

Our Benefits

  • Employee Discount

    The most asked-about benefit! As an ASOSer, you’ll receive an exclusive employee discount. You can also nominate a family member or friend to share your discount with.

  • Pension

    Retirement might not be on your mind right now, but it’s important to prep for it. We offer matched contributions up to 5% to help you save.

  • Private Medical Care scheme

    If you join our Private Medical Care scheme, you’ll get fast and effective access to medical cover. 

  • Celebratory Day!

    Get an extra day off in addition to the 25 days of annual leave you get! Spend it celebrating the big days in life, whether it’s birthdays, cultural holidays, weddings and anything else.

  • Shuttlebus Service (if you're based in our Leavesden office)

    It’s more of a work perk, but we offer a free shuttlebus between Watford station and our office in Leavesden.

  • Sample Sales

    We’ve always got fun things happening in our offices, but the one ASOSers get most excited about is our sample sales. Plus, all proceeds from the sample sale get donated to the ASOS Foundation, which helps our charity partners abroad. 

  • Career Development

    You’ll have the opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences to create a dynamic and agile learning environment that empowers you to thrive and excel in your role.

  • Summer Hours

    We finish at 3pm on Fridays in June, July and August!! This perk doesn’t mean a dip in your salary – it just gives you extra freedom to enjoy those summer weekends however you want.

  • Fixed Annual Payment

    You'll be given a fixed annual payment depending on your level, in addition to your salary, as a thank you for all your hard work.

Location

Our Leavesden office, Hertfordshire.

This is where our Customer Care and Operations teams do their amazing work – right next to the Harry Potter studios! Our Leavesden office has a subsidised canteen, free gym, beauty rooms, free on-site parking and a useful shuttlebus service to and from Watford station.

Recruitment
Process

  1. Apply online

  2. Call back & Interview

  3. Decision & Onboarding