Classy, an affiliate of GoFundMe, is a Public Benefit Corporation and giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Classy's platform provides powerful and intuitive fundraising tools to convert and retain donors. Since 2011, Classy has helped nonprofits mobilize and empower the world for good by helping them raise over $7 billion. Classy also hosts the Collaborative conference and the Classy Awards to spotlight the innovative work nonprofits are implementing around the globe. For more information, visit www.classy.org.
Product Support Generalist, Classy Live
Classy's Customer Care Team is looking for an enthusiastic Event Care Generalist to create delightful and valuable interactions for non-profits on our fundraising events platform (Classy Live). You will play a critical role in helping nonprofits across the country make the world a better place through timely technical product assistance before, during, and after their fundraising events. You will also serve as the voice of Classy’s brand, building rewarding relationships that keep customers engaged and enthusiastic.
The ideal candidate displays emotional intelligence, curiosity in the face of challenges, and is adaptable and resilient. If you love being part of a fast-paced, collaborative SaaS support team that genuinely cares about nonprofit organizations and their missions this is a role for you. We go above and beyond to advocate on behalf of our clients across Classy and to ensure a world-class product and support experience.
What you’ll do:
- Become an expert on Classy Live, our state-of-the-art SaaS solution for non-profit fundraising events, and understand how nonprofits use the platform to create an impactful experience for their donors to unlock their generosity.
- Use Salesforce CRM to answer customer questions via email, voicemail, and live chat.
- Answer questions from a wide range of nonprofits about Classy Live, including “How do I?” questions, technical troubleshooting, and billing inquiries.
- Escalate product issues and feature requests to our technical support engineers.
- Support internal Classy teams with answers to product questions on internal channels.
- Provide day-of/night-of event support remotely or in-person on weekends or evenings for 10% of your responsibilities (may increase to 30% during peak seasons).
- Travel to a non-profit fundraising event and interact with customers in-person. Estimate: 10% of responsibilities (may increase to 30% during peak seasons).
*Must be located on the East Coast
What you bring (Required):
- Exceptional oral and written communication. Must communicate effectively and genuinely across email, live chat, video calls, and social channels.
- World-class organizational skills. Thrive in a world where you’ll balance customer questions, competing priorities, and complex assignments with many moving parts. Must effectively manage ongoing email cases, multiple chats, internal and customer meetings, and upkeep a calendar.
- Strong emotional intelligence. You can read each customer, empathize with their unique challenge, and adapt to deliver world-class experiences. You are also in tune with navigating your own emotions in times of challenge, change, and crisis.
- Proactive and process-oriented. When a process or answer does not exist, you are resourceful and proactive in creating new, scalable solutions.
- You do your best work as part of a team. You thrive in a highly-matrixed environment and love to support and collaborate with your teammates and other departments across the organization.
- Adaptable and Resilient. Able to focus on opportunities and solutions in the midst of supporting a product that is constantly growing and evolving. Resilient in the face of challenges that are difficult to solve or don’t have immediately clear solutions.
- Coachable. Hungry to grow and improve, with openness and curiosity when presented with feedback (both positive and negative) from customers, teammates, and managers.
What would be awesome to have (Preferred):
- Experience in the professional events space. Event planning and execution comes with unique challenges. Your expertise will greatly improve your ability to empathize with customers and improve our team’s overall decision-making.
- Experience working in or with nonprofits. If you already have a deep understanding of the unique challenges that nonprofits face, we want to hear from you.
- Experience in a customer-facing role. Interacted directly with customers in a previous role, whether face-to-face or virtually.
- Experience using a CRM. Salesforce preferred, but experience with any CRM system is a bonus.
Why you’ll love it here:
- Market competitive pay
- Rich healthcare benefits including employer paid premiums for medical/dental/vision (Up to 100% for employee only plans and 85% for employee + dependent plans) and employer HSA contributions.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Hybrid workplace with fully remote flexibility for many roles
- Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, family planning, and commuting expenses
- A variety of mental and wellness programs to support employees
- Generous paid parental leave and family planning stipend
- Supportive time off policies including vacation, sick/mental health days, volunteer days, company holidays, and a floating holiday
- Learning & development and recognition programs
- Gives Back Program where employees can nominate a fundraiser every month for a donation from the company
- Inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging are vital to our priorities and we continue to evolve our strategy to ensure DEI is embedded in all processes and programs at GoFundMe. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.
- Employee resource groups
- Your work has a real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.
- You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together.
- We live by our core values: consider everything, do the right thing, spread empathy, delight the customer, and give back.
- We are a certified Great Place to Work, are growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!
- Our commitment to Sustainability. Classy exists to create a more inclusive and sustainable world for all.
Dedication to Diversity
Classy is working toward building a more diverse and inclusive environment that is representative of individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and lifestyles, allowing all employees to feel comfortable being their true, authentic selves in a space that enables productivity and meaningful work.
The total annual salary for this full-time position is $51,000 – $69,000 + equity + benefits. As this is a remote position, the salary range was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.