**About Us**\n\nAt [Close](https://close.com/), we’re building the sales communication platform of the future. With our roots as the very first sales CRM to include built-in calling, we're leading the industry in sales automation—helping companies to close more deals, faster than ever. Since our founding in 2013, we've grown to become a profitable, 100% globally distributed ~55 person team that is dedicated to building a product our customers love.\n\nWe are hiring a Customer Support Executive to help us provide an excellent service experience to our customers. Join a team that has been working remotely for 6+ years. \n\n**About You**\n\nYou will be reporting to the Manager of Customer Support, [Joseph Sterner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrsterner/). \n\nAs a Customer Support Executive, you would be responsible for handling general support emails sent during CT/MT business hours.\n\nThis role requires a high level of independence and immediate responsibility. Our main focus is the support ticket queue, but you will also be responsible for leading individual projects/initiatives outside of the queue as the need arises.\n\nYou’re comfortable working in a fast-paced remote environment with a small and talented team where you're supported in your efforts to grow professionally. You are able to manage your time well, communicate effectively and collaborate in a fully distributed environment. \n\nYou are someone that has a healthy sense of curiosity and enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together.\n\n**Requirements**\n* Physically based in the ET, CT, or MT time zones.\n* High-level of proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal.\n* Experience working in a remote capacity\n* 2 years experience working in a customer facing role (sales, support, hospitality, etc.).\n\n**Nice to Haves**\n* Direct support experience\n* Technical/coding experience (This includes VoIP, email, network management, APIs, etc).\n* Deep knowledge of SaaS + CRM landscape (Experienced user of other sales platforms, or programs frequently integrated with Close)\n\n**Responsibilities**\n* Respond to customer support tickets and take support calls during ET/CT/MT business hours.\n* Escalating issues to senior support staff and engineering as needed\n* Fraud prevention/detection\n* Billing reconciliation \n* Writing bug reports\n* Coordinating with Success to provide extra support to large customers\n* Maintaining help center documentation and creating content for new/updated features\n\n**Tools We Use**\n* Help Scout\n* Sift\n* Stripe\n* Twilio\n* Plivo\n* Guru\n* Asana\n\n**Why Work With Us?**\n* [Culture video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbyGnLhtj0o&feature=youtu.be) 💚\n* 100% remote company (we believe in trust and autonomy)\n* Choose between working 5 days/wk (standard full-time) or 4 days/wk @ 80% pay\n* [Annual team retreats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKjyXMz-q-Q&feature=youtu.be) ✈️\n* Quarterly virtual summits\n* 5 weeks PTO + Winter Holiday Break\n* 2 additional PTO days every year with the company\n* 1 month paid sabbatical every 5 years\n* Co-working stipend\n* Revenue Share (after 1 year)\n* Paid parental leave\n* Medical, Dental, Vision with HSA option (US residents)\n* 401k matching at 6% (US residents)\n* Dependent care FSA (US residents)\n* Contributor to [Stripe's climate](https://stripe.com/climate) initiative 🌍❤️ \n* [Our story and team](https://close.com/about/) 🚀\n\nAt Close, everyone has a voice. We encourage transparency and practice a mature approach to the work-place. In general, we don’t have strict policies, we have guidelines. Work/Life harmony is an important part of our business - we believe you bring your best to work when you practice self-care (whatever that looks like for you). \n\nWe come from 16 countries located in 5 of the 7 continents. We’re a collection of talented humans rich in diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures. Every year we meet up somewhere around the world to spend time with one another. These gatherings are an opportunity to strengthen the social fiber of our global community.\n\nOur team is growing in more ways than one - we’ve recently launched 17 babies (and counting!). Unanimously, our favorite and most impactful value is “Build a house you want to live in.” We strive to make decisions that are authentic for our people and help our customers become more successful.\n\nInterested in [Close](https://close.com/) but don't think this role is the best fit for you? View our [other positions](https://jobs.lever.co/close.io/). \n\nPlease mention the word **PROGRESS** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMTguMTkxLjE5NS4xMTA=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Location\nNorth America