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Case study · 🇦🇪 Dubai, UAE · Professional Services & International Business

How Aurevia Hired 10 Bilingual Professionals in 4 Months and Reduced Salary Costs by 54%

As Aurevia expanded its international client base, hiring qualified English-French professionals locally in Dubai became increasingly expensive. They needed experienced people across project coordination, client management, sales and admin, but high payroll costs limited scaling. Talentige helped Aurevia build an international team that supported more clients and projects without sacrificing margins.

Bilingual English-French professionalsProject coordinationClient services
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Professionals hired10in 4 months
Salary costs–54%
Revenue per employee4.8xin 14 months
Hiring ROI9.3xby Q2
Cost and productivity

Lower salary costs, higher revenue per employee

Salary cost vs comparable Dubai-based positions

–54% salary costs

Revenue per employee

Hiring ROI9.3xby Q2
The story

Challenge, solution, results

International growth was outpacing hiring capacity

Aurevia served French- and English-speaking clients across international markets, and existing employees were taking on more than they could manage.

  • High bilingual hiring costs in DubaiCompetitive local salary packages for bilingual professionals.
  • Project delivery bottlenecksProject managers were overloaded with scheduling, reporting, documentation and coordination.
  • Missed deadlines, inconsistent communicationToo few support staff led to missed project deadlines and uneven customer communication.
  • Slow recruitmentRoles needing both language skills and relevant experience were hard to fill.
  • Missed revenue opportunitiesLimited capacity made it hard to onboard new clients and projects.
  • Reduced profitabilityLocal-only hiring would raise payroll significantly.

International talent for client-facing and back-office roles

Talentige recruited from international talent markets, focusing on candidates who could work with international customers, manage projects remotely and communicate in French and English.

The process prioritized language proficiency, client-facing experience, industry familiarity and organization, and opened up candidates from several regions, particularly French-speaking North Africa and other international talent pools.

The roles are broken down below.

Lower costs and higher revenue per employee

  • Ten professionals hired in four monthsAcross project delivery, client services and business development.
  • Salary costs –54%Compared with comparable Dubai-based positions.
  • Revenue per employee 4.8xOver 14 months.
  • Hiring ROI 9.3x by Q2
  • Bilingual client service became easier to scaleAcross markets and time zones.
  • Project delivery less dependent on senior staffFreeing them for higher-value client work.
Roles hired

10 bilingual professionals in 4 months

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Each block is one role group, sized by the number of hires.

2Bilingual Project Coordinators

Timelines, deliverables and customer updates

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RoleHiresWhat they do
Bilingual Project Coordinators2Timelines, deliverables and customer updates
Customer Success Specialists2French-English client communication and account support
Business Development Representatives2International prospecting and lead qualification
Executive Assistant1Scheduling, reporting and admin
Operations Coordinator1Resource planning and internal coordination
Accounting Assistant1Invoice management and finance admin
Sales & Proposal Coordinator1Proposals, client documentation and sales follow-up
Total10
Clara Moreau
“We needed experienced professionals who could work with our international clients, especially in French and English. Hiring everyone in Dubai was becoming too expensive. Talentige gave us access to qualified people and helped us grow our team much faster.”
Clara Moreau, Chief Growth Officer, Aurevia

How Talentige hires

  1. 1Free hiring call

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  2. 2Meet vetted finalists

    3–5 tested finalists in about 14 days. You interview and choose.

  3. 3Contract and onboarding

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  4. 490-day free replacement

    If a hire isn't right in the first 90 days, we replace them free.

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