Customer Success Associate

Letterdrop; New York (NY); Remote; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A seed stage startup in New York seeks a customer success specialist to enhance customer engagement and retention. The role involves tracking customer activity, onboarding, and collaborating with the engineering team. Ideal candidates are responsible, communicative, and eager to learn. This is a remote position with evening shifts to cover US timezones.

Benefits

Direct interaction with CEO

Opportunity to learn customer success skills

Qualifications

• Excellent written English communication skills for customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Track customer activity and re-engage those not fully using the product.
• Assist the CEO in onboarding and activating customers.

Skills

Communication

Customer Orientation

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MongoDB

Job description

About us

Letterdrop is a YC-backed seed stage startup. We help sales-led companies uncover new pipeline by automating social selling and providing unique intent data. We help companies generate revenue. See testimonial 1, testimonial 2, testimonial 3.

Video overview of the role from CEO

What will you do?

1. Track customer activity and re-engage those showing signs of not fully using our product.
2. Become a domain and product expert to advise customers and assist with software implementation.
3. Assist the CEO in onboarding and activating customers within 30 days of their start date.
4. Respond promptly to customer inquiries via Slack and email, addressing bugs, onboarding issues, or strategy questions.
5. Identify expansion opportunities within customer organizations.
6. Detect bugs or suboptimal user experiences in the product.
7. Collaborate with the engineering team to ensure new features and releases meet customer expectations.

About you

1. You are among the top 5% in organization, diligence, and responsibility.
2. You have native English fluency and excellent communication skills.
3. You are customer-oriented with a strong desire to help customers succeed.
4. You possess basic technical skills or are willing to learn; familiarity with debugging, internal tools, and database edits is beneficial but not required to start.

Who is this for?

1. You are highly responsible and take full ownership of outcomes.
2. You excel in dealing with customers, demonstrating high EQ and empathy.
3. You are comfortable debugging basic technical issues, such as using Developer Console in Chrome or writing queries in MongoDB; training will be provided.

Who is this not for?

1. You lack responsibility; this role requires customer retention and proactive engagement.
2. You dislike interacting with people.
3. You are not comfortable analyzing data or making data-driven recommendations.
4. You are unwilling or unable to perform basic technical debugging.

Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Science or Engineering.
2. Excellent written English communication skills, especially for customer interactions.

Logistics

1. Evening shifts from 6 pm to 2 am IST to cover US timezones.
2. Remote work is acceptable.

Why you should apply?

1. Opportunity to interact directly with the CEO, customers, and engineering team.
2. Learn skills related to customer success, operations, and product management.

IMPORTANT

Please include a brief message with your application explaining why you are a better fit for this role than other candidates. Do not submit a generic cover letter; I want to see your genuine communication skills. This is a mini-test of your ability to persuade.

Applications without a message will be automatically discarded.

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