Freelance Player Support Advocate | German - Upwork

Title: Freelance Player Support Advocate

Location: Remote | Anywhere in the World!

Familiarisation: Fully Paid

Contract: Freelance/B2B/Self-Employed. Agreements will be via our Preferred Partner - Upwork.

Languages Required: English + one of the following, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Polish or Dutch. Please find the correct vacancy for your language on our careers page, and apply online.

Overview:

As one of our Freelance Player Support Advocates, you will be an ambassador for our brand and your role will be to provide world-class support to gamers and loyal customers. You should be passionate about customer service, confidently calm, technically minded, and have a pro-active and positive "can do" attitude. Whilst working with a global operation across multiple languages, your goal will be to make the customer journey seamless and positive. You are provided with full familiarisation and ongoing support.

Responsibilities:

• Provide the ultimate customer experience, first time, all the time.

• Promptly respond and help players with their questions, queries, and problems either via email or chat.
• Resolve player complaints and problems by quickly identifying the issue, troubleshoot effectively, provide accurate information, and follow up to ensure correct resolution.
• Maintain PTW handling times on email and chat
• Handle up to three concurrent chats while working on chat channel to deliver expected levels of customer satisfaction
• Achieve high quality standards on all player interactions (email/chat), while adhering to all policy guidelines.

Requirements

What we’re looking for:

• Fluency in the language you are applying for & English, particularly reading & writing.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong communication skills, and knowledge of Computers.
• Self-motivated, a proactive attitude with the ability to work productively and collaboratively within a multilingual team.
• A logical, methodical approach with good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent observation and attention to detail skills with patience, perseverance, and good concentration.
• Experience in playing consoles and or PC gaming advantageous.
• Be comfortable discussing technical faults/issues relating to game consoles/PCs.
• Experience of someone IT literate, with a tech-savvy mind, or coming from a Customer Service, Technical IT /PC support background is advantageous, although we provide excellent training and on-going support.
• Our Advocates must be able to multitask, be comfortable taking multiple chats, emails and calls per hour, ensuring an amazing-accurate service is provided 100% of the time.
• All candidates should possess a desire to help, support and provide the best customer experience possible.

PC requirements:

• An internet speed minimum of 10 Mb/s download internationally.
• A minimum of 4 GB RAM memory.
• Your computer should run at least a 64-bit version of Windows 8 or newer or a recently released version of macOS.
• An i5 processor (2,4 GHz or faster), or better/ similar, max. 3 years old.
• A screen with at least a 1080p Full HD display. External monitors are acceptable.
• A (smart)phone usable for two-factor authentication that runs at least:
• Android 4.4 or newer.
• Apple iOS 10.0 or newer.
• Your own Webcam, Headset and Laptop/PC.
• Your own separate and private working area with comfortable working equipment

Applicants Requirements:

• You must either be registered on our Preferred Partners platform (Upwork) or be willing to set up a profile.
• All candidates will be required to pass an online language and skills test, including a final competency based live interview.

Familiarisation/Training:

• All candidates whether full or part time will complete a mandatory online paid familiarisation course to ensure you have the necessary skills and knowledge to do your role, running Monday to Friday 0900-1730 UK. Thereafter you will work on your given shift pattern and have access to continued support.

Benefits

What we offer:

• You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest game clients, titles, projects, and tech in the world.
  
• Attractive remuneration, holidays, regular te