Customer Support Specialist

Summary

Join Muck Rack, a leading SaaS platform for PR professionals, as a Customer Support Specialist. You will provide best-in-class service, ensuring customers successfully use our platform. Responsibilities include answering customer inquiries, troubleshooting issues, collaborating with other teams, and identifying areas for process improvement. You will work remotely and be measured on metrics like time to close, response time, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of technical support experience (B2B and SaaS preferred), exceptional communication skills, and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues. Muck Rack offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a fully distributed work environment.

Requirements

• 1-2+ years of experience in technical support; B2B and SaaS experience is preferred
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on listening and asking the right questions; comfort communicating with customers via chat, email
• Can autonomously troubleshoot and perform in-depth investigations to fix a problem
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and customer needs
• Familiarity with the tools we use, including Google Apps, Salesforce, Slack, Intercom, GitHub, and you learn how to use new tools quickly
• Familiarity with technical writing; writing troubleshooting and navigation steps for websites
• Attention to detail and curiosity to identify the core of issues
• Continuous learner with a desire to be the first to learn new features
• Must be willing to work one of the following shifts: 8:00am-5:00pm OR 12:00p-9:00pm EST

Responsibilities

• Serve as a first responder for inbound communication through our site
• Answer customer questions and provide how-to help on Muck Rack’s capabilities, with a focus on reducing customer effort and furthering product knowledge
• Escalate and diagnose software issues; work with our product and engineering teams to solve complex product issues
• Follow site issues to resolution and customer satisfaction
• Proactively reach out to customers who show signs of user error
• Identify processes that need to be improved and evolved
• Maintain expert product knowledge of Muck Rack and stay well informed of new and existing features

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in public relations or familiarity with the industry is preferred
• Familiarity with boolean searching

Benefits

• Remote Work, Forever
• Fully distributed team with a permanent remote setup
• Home office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership
• Virtual and in-person team bonding (lunches, events, competitions)
• Competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S
• Annual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment
• Standardized bonus or commission structure
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Equity opportunities
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% premium coverage for individuals on high-deductible plans
• 24/7 Virtual Care and Employee Assistance Program
• Employer-funded HSA contributions and other pre-tax benefits
• Quarterly wellness stipend and free Headspace subscription
• 4+ weeks of PTO, plus paid sick and mental health days
• 13 paid holidays with the option to swap for personal days
• Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Transparent pathways for internal mobility and promotion
• Bi-annual performance reviews, team workshops, and leadership training
• Unlimited access to Coursera and O’Reilly
• 2 additional PTO days annually for learning and development