Sunday, May 24, 2020

Customer Support Advocate


Airtable is seeking enthusiastic Customer Support Advocates to enable our customers! We're looking for an individual contributor who is highly empathetic, eager to understand underlying issues, and whose passion is providing people actionable solutions. Note: New hires in Texas may join our full-time team immediately, while all other U.S. candidates will be offered contract positions for 6 months before being evaluated for a full-time role.

The right person won’t just field questions, but will use our support platform as a vehicle to constantly improve on how Airtable meets customer needs. This role requires a love of learning, deep curiosity, and clear-writing skills. The right customer solution won't always be obvious, but you see this as part of the fun!

Airtable users span every industry and every function—they are cattle farmers, Fortune 500 companies, and city governments—which means our Customer Support Advocates will be supporting a diverse and dynamic range of use cases.

What you’ll do
  • Provide exceptional customer service helping everyone—from nonprofit managers to Fortune 500 executives—realize their goals through Airtable.
  • Anticipate customer needs and problems before they surface; develop deep customer intuition to empower Airtable’s customers to achieve their goals.
  • Handle all of our tickets with the ability to answer any and all questions in regard to Airtable, ranging from base design to formula creation, and escalating to Tier III when troubleshooting capacity has been reached or recognizing when the issue is a bug.
  • Confident handling customer support live (eg. chat or screen share) or asynchronously (eg. email) support for an increasing area of domain expertise to model any kind of workflow, from editorial calendars for major publications to fire truck inventories for fire departments.
  • Collaborate with Support Operations to learn, implement and give feedback on new, untested customer support approaches (ie: chat experimentation, community forum participation, etc.)
  • Relay customer feedback and highlight improvement opportunities to inform future Product, Growth, Marketing, and Customer Support initiatives.

Who you are

  • You have experience setting up and using Airtable (personally or professionally).
  • Problem solving excites you! You thrive diving into technically complex or nuanced situations.
  • Written communication is your forté; you can distill complicated topics into something clear and succinct.
  • You approach every situation with high empathy.
  • You believe support can transform user experience.
  • You are a self-starter who takes initiative and is energized even when a clear path isn’t laid out for you.
  • You have 1+ years of professional experience, ideally in a fast-paced environment.

Bonus points if

  • You previously worked in a customer-facing role.
  • You have a background in education, consulting, or have professional project management experience.

What we offer

  • Full health benefits including medical, vision and dental
  • Generous Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Holidays and Parental Leave policies
  • Learning and Development Annual Stipend
  • Top-notch workspace with MacBooks, large external monitors, ergonomic chairs, adjustable standing desks, and budget to outfit your workstation to be your most productive.