Product Support Specialist
Uptick
We’re looking for a thoughtful and empathetic people person to join our Support team, supporting our global clients. You’ll be working on the frontline as part of a fast-growing team.
Our office is located in Durban, starting full-time in the office. The tentative working hours are 3:30pm-12am SAST to accommodate supporting our US clients.To qualify for this role, you are:
Experience setting expectations and communicating with clients over phone, email & chat
A passion for creating value for customers and helping them get the most out of our product.
Care deeply, genuinely, and passionately about Product Support and about the role it plays in making a customer-focused team successful
Not be afraid of technology and have a desire to get stuck in and understand Uptick as a product & how deeply it is embedded in our customers’ workflows (we'll provide the training)
Reliable transport to and from the office
To succeed in this role, a candidate must be able to:
Provide thoughtful, personalised support to Uptick users through in-product messaging and phone channels.
Exhibit strong communication skills, including: modifying your approach to different types of customers and situations, as well as setting or adjusting customer expectations.
Exhibit exceptional critical thinking and problem solving - be curious, explore and offer Uptick solutions to clients that will best-suit their needs
Triage incoming requests and spot trends in customer issues to flag to the wider team.
Identify, reduce, and document bugs for our developer teams.
Contribute to the ongoing learning and success of the team, and the company, by sharing knowledge through mentorship, collaboration, and aiding in documentation.
Fast learner - can listen, follow instructions and asks questions
Ask for help. You know when something is over your head and are not afraid to seek assistance. You are skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly.