Customer Support Representative
Head Of Customer Support
Dedicated and results-driven professional with 6+ years of experience in all areas of customer support, including but not limited to strategic leadership, people and team management, hiring and training of new employees.
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in customer support tools and systems
- Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
- Ability to learn fast in a challenging environment
- Self-driven, enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Dedicated to high quality standards
Objective
I am actively seeking opportunities to elevate customer satisfaction levels to new heights in roles such as Head of Customer Support / Customer Support Team Lead / Senior Customer Support Specialist or similar positions, with a preference for remote work settings.
About me
- I excel in articulating my thoughts clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing. This enables me not only to effectively communicate with clients and colleagues but also to craft easily understandable articles, instructions, and workflows.
- I possess strong understanding of task delegation. I prioritize empowering my team to excel while providing the necessary support and guidance.
- I value input from both senior management and my team members, fostering an environment where even unconventional ideas and experiments are welcome if they have the potential to enhance the work and satisfy end-users.
- Balancing customer care with the company's interests is paramount to me. I firmly believe in simplifying processes whenever possible, as overly complex and non-scalable procedures tend to hinder rather than facilitate progress.
- Beyond the workplace, I enjoy practicing aeroyoga, snowboarding, playing the piano, participating in quizzes, traveling, and seeking out new experiences.
Experience: 6 years
Yearly salary: $70,000
Hourly rate: $35
Nationality: 🌏 Remote
Residency: 🌏 Remote
Experience
Head of customer support
Elfsight, LLC 2021 - 2024
- Trained and mentored a team of 9 support professionals from scratch - Led the departmental expansion, increasing team size from 10 to 21 members - Achieved a 100% retention rate for all recruited personnel - Developed comprehensive protocols for recruitment, training, task delegation, and workload management within the support team. Streamlined workflows, mitigating operational chaos - Established a structured and transparent work schedule for support staff, incorporating clear performance metrics - Implemented a support initiative aimed at preventing employee burnout and promoting work-life balance - Successfully reduced the volume of routine support tickets through the introduction of self-service options, while maintaining consistent resolution times for more complex issues
Deputy head of customer support
Elfsight, LLC 2020 - 2021
- Developing and maintaining the educational plan for new employees to ensure its relevance - Training and mentoring new support staff - Assisting the department Head in performing managerial duties and organizing work processes - Collecting weekly and monthly statistics for the department - Conducting online department calls - Assigning tasks among support staff - Utilizing scrum methodology, organizing sprints, and managing the backlog - Conducting onboarding online meetings with potential clients
Customer Support Agent
Elfsight, LLC 2019 - 2020
- Providing customer and basic technical support in the Help Scout ticket system and online chat - Regular interacting with developers (assigning tasks in Trello and Jira) - Installing widgets on various CMS websites - Creating CSS codes for widget customization - Writing, editing, and proofreading articles for the Help Center - Drafting work instructions and workflows for internal documentation in Notion - Developing automated workflows in the Help Scout ticket system - Creating Saved Replies
Customer support specialist & orders processing manager
GMS Brothers, LLC 2017 - 2019
Consulting clients via email and phone, Utilizing the CRM system to process and place orders, as well as to track them further, Researching and identifying optimal logistics solutions, Liaising with suppliers and transport companies, Managing complaints and processing refunds, Resolving conflict situations effectively
Secretary translator
Welcome, LLC 2017 - 2017
Liaising with clients, translators, and notaries, Processing and dispatching translation orders, Translating and editing personal, legal, and technical documents, Preparing orders for delivery
Guest services coordinator
Polyakov A.Y., Sole Trader 2016 - 2016
Managing guest check-in, accommodation, and check-out procedures, Communicating with guests and potential clients in both Russian and English, Overseeing cleaning operations and coordinating staff interactions, Handling conflict resolution and managing unforeseen circumstances (force majeure situations)
Translator
VNIItsvetmet (The Eastern Mining and Metallurgical Research Institute for Non-ferrous Metals) 2015 - 2016
Translation from Russian to English and vice versa of technical documentation, reports, scientific articles, letters, and handling business correspondence
Skills
css
customer-support
english
russian