Home-Based, Customer Support & Admin for E-Commerce Company

Were an e-commerce company hiring for a part-time Customer Support (Email, Live Chat, and Phone) to field questions from our customers. We sell inflatable paddle boards and accessories. Youll be working closely with the CEO of the company, learning about our products, and training how to answer questions from real customers.

When not answering customer service questions, youll be doing general admin tasks - anything from managing web order shipments, fielding Amazon questions, creating Amazon shipments, and more.

HOURS
20 hours per week initially. With a transition to 40 hours per week based on fit and performance.

WORKING TIME ZONE
10am GMT +8 onward
Work from the comfort of your own home. Since were an international team, certain follow up and coordination messages will occur during the evenings. Youll be working closely with our CEO who is based out of Southeast Asia and in the same time zone as you.

To start youll be working 9am GMT+8 onwards during training. Our CEO is usually located in Southeast Asia, and youll be working closely with him to start.

After we feel confident that you have enough knowledge to help customers on your own, wed like you to transition to US working hours, 9 am to 5 pm.

Some weekend work will be required depending on the product launch schedule and can be minimized with proper project planning.

COMPENSATION
Compensation is to be determined, dependent on experience and skills.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
- Fluent or Native English speaker (written and verbal)
- Excellent English reading, writing, and editing skills
- High attention to detail and quality of work
- High level of organization and ability to prioritize
- Experienced with Google Docs, Gmail and Slack
- Experience working in Customer Service and Support
- Ability to clearly follow instructions (whether written or recorded)
- Good communication
- Self-directed problem solver and quick learner
- Positive attitude
- High standard of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information
- Social Media skills (a plus, but not required)
- SEO experience (a plus, but not required)
- 3+ years of Customer Service experience and/or Virtual Assistant experience is a plus

DAILY AND WEEKLY TASKS
The average day and week will consistent of a mixture of the following tasks:

- Answering Customer Service Emails in Zendesk, Gmail, and the Amazon platform
- Monitoring the Live Chat on our Website
- Creating Orders within Shopify on an as-needed basis
- Generating Shipping Labels on an as-needed, ongoing basis
- Check and update Asana and Trello on a daily basis with completed tasks and project status
- General admin tasks as: answering the CEOs emails, organizing emails as important or not-important, making alls regarding billing inquiries, Amazon Support inquiries, monitoring our Amazon listings, etc.
- Draft and send emails to important business contacts
- Online research to find publisher contact information to be organized in various spreadsheets and documents
- Save and organize files, folders, spreadsheets in Google Drive and Dropbox for easy team access
- Make suggestions for how to improve and automate systems/processes

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
There will be a 2-month training and trial period in which we evaluate your fit for the tasks and team. If youre a good fit, the part time position will increase to a full-time position as we continue to grow. This can happen before the trial period is finished based on strong performance.
About the recuiter
Member since Nov 11, 2022
Niranjan Soni
from Andhra Pradesh, India

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