Hybrid Customer Support Specialist

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About the role

  • Customer Support Specialist handling customer inquiries via chat and email at Perlego. Assisting with technical issues and maintaining records with a customer-centric approach.

Responsibilities

  • Respond to the majority of new customer enquiries via chat and email, delivering fast, friendly, and accurate support
  • Flag emerging trends, edge cases, and potential escalations to the wider CX team
  • Help maintain first-response-time targets: under 30 minutes for chat and under 12 hours for email
  • Identify, validate, and document technical issues reported by customers
  • Log confirmed bugs with clear reproduction steps and pass them to the product and engineering team
  • Track and report on tech issue volume and resolution status
  • Action change-billing-cycle requests and report on volume and turnaround time
  • Process customer invoice and receipt requests efficiently, reporting on volume
  • Respond to customer reviews across Trustpilot, Google Play, and the Apple App Store
  • Represent the Perlego brand voice with empathy, professionalism, and a genuine desire to resolve issues
  • Support spam inbox management by actioning spam queue items
  • Peer-review Help Centre articles before publication to ensure accuracy and clarity
  • Contribute to and maintain the CX Playbook, owning pages aligned to your areas of expertise
  • Contribute to Team discussions and workshops

Requirements

  • Previous experience in a customer support, help desk, or similar frontline role
  • Excellent written English with a warm, clear communication style
  • Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow documented processes accurately
  • Comfort working with technology — you can pick up new tools quickly and troubleshoot basic technical queries
  • A methodical, organised approach to managing multiple tasks and priorities
  • Empathy and patience when dealing with frustrated or confused customers
  • Reliable availability during core hours (2–6 pm GMT, Monday–Friday)
  • Familiarity with support platforms such as Intercom, JIRA
  • Experience responding to public reviews on Trustpilot or app stores
  • Interest in education technology, digital learning, library science, or the publishing industry
  • Experience working in a small, fast-paced team where everyone wears multiple hats

Benefits

  • 22 days annual leave + 1 additional day per year of service
  • The days between Boxing Day and New Year off, additional to annual leave.
  • Flexibility to swap local bank holidays for religious or cultural days.
  • Flexible short-period remote working overseas, as long as you remain a UK tax resident.
  • 1-month unpaid sabbatical after 3 years; 1-month paid sabbatical after 5 years.
  • 1 additional day per year for life events.
  • Private medical, optical and dental insurance via Vitality.
  • Regular social events and activities for everyone.
  • Competitive matched parental leave and phased return to work.
  • Workplace Nursery Benefit

Job title

Customer Support Specialist

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£30,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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