Overview
Upwork connects businesses and talented independent professionals with unprecedented speed, ease and efficiency, through an online workplace where people love to work. Our Clients are small, medium, and large companies who want to hire and work with reliable, highly skilled knowledge workers. Our Freelancers are high-quality independent professionals (and teams) with skills in high demand who want to market and deliver their services online.
We are searching for stellar, experienced, and customer-oriented individuals to provide phone support to our users in the Upwork platform.
RESPONSIBILITIES
You would be responsible for creating customer delight through thoughtful, compassionate, and efficient communication. Specifically, the responsibilities of this role include:
- Deliver high quality interactions with users over the phone and through email
- Work cross-functionally to resolve user
- Address escalated user issues
- Meet minimum performance standards which measure the success of the support offered
REQUIREMENTS
Qualified candidates will possess:
- 5+ years of experience in customer support
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated skill in addressing sensitive customer issues
- Ability to pass a background check
Nice-to-have:
- Two or more years’ experience using either the oDesk (now Upwork) or Elance platform strongly preferred/recommended.
- Working knowledge of Zendesk and Ringcentral
WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
Eligible candidates will have all of the following:
- Reliable computer hardware and software
- Reliable internet connection and power
- Workplace conducive to productivity
- Current anti-virus software