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**Customer Support**
at Skillz Inc. Las Vegas **About Skillz:**
Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.
The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $86 billion last year to $161 billion in 2025.
As the first publicly-traded (NYSE: SKLZ) mobile esports platform, Skillz has pioneered the future of the gaming industry. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of casual esports tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month.
Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American R ed Cros s , Susan G. Komen , American Cancer Society , and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.
Skillz has also earned recognition as one of San Francisco Business Times Best Places to Work , Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies , Parity.orgs Best Companies for Women to Advance , a two-time winner of CNBCs Disruptor 50 , one of Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups , and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.
**Who were looking for:**
The Skillz Player Support team is looking for a Support Representative to work with our users to maximize player engagement, retention, and satisfaction. Youll play a key role in broadening and deepening the companys relationship with our players. Responsibilities will include:
* Handling player inquiries and issues directly from our players
* Handling escalated issues from outsourced support agents
* Revising and building player facing support templates, FAQs and other materials
* Identifying and reporting player trends and issues to other areas of the business
* Maximizing player retention
* Completing ad hoc projects to support the Player Support team
* Contributing strategically to the growth and direction of Skillz products and services
* Executing in a fast-paced, team environment
**Requirements:**
* 1+ years of customer service experience at a venture-funded start-up in any of the following industries: mobile technology, social media, gaming, or advertising
* Experience working with helpdesk ticketing systems; familiarity with Zendesk is a plus
* Ability to communicate effectively both internally and to players and match tone accordingly
* Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees and management
* Mature and self-motivated with a positive, professional attitude
* Capacity to operate effectively in a fast growth startup environment
* Progressive, consistent work history and excellent references
* Willingness to work weekends if needed
* Detail oriented, interested in games, with a competitive spirit
* Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines
Please note that this position will start as a 12 month contract and the hours will be a 6am-2:30pm shift or a 2pm-10:30pm shift.
Pay rate: $17.50/hr
Due to COVID, this opening is currently remote and eligible to anyone in the Las Vegas area. Attendance in office will be required when safe to do so. This will be reviewed in Q2 for a return to office strategy.
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