Temporary Customer Service Specialist – Direct to Consumer
Are you a customer service enthusiast with a passion for delivering exceptional experiences? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy working with diverse teams? If so, we invite you to join arenaflex as a Temporary Customer Service Specialist – Direct to Consumer. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on our customers and contribute to the growth of our dynamic organization.
About arenaflex
At arenaflex, we believe that movement is the key to feeling more alive. Our mission is to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive – whether it's a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line. Our company culture sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation. We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement – because we're all moving towards something.
The Runner Experience Team
The Runner Experience Team at arenaflex provides a world-class customer service experience to all who run, every day, in a run-happy way. As a Temporary Customer Service Specialist – Direct to Consumer, you will be the first and last point of contact to resolve customer inquiries and concerns, ensuring conversations end with a surprised and delighted customer, every time.
Responsibilities
As a Temporary Customer Service Specialist – Direct to Consumer, your key responsibilities will include:
- Responding enthusiastically to emails, calls, social media, chats, text, and product reviews during our busiest season
- Providing expert product knowledge and supporting all areas of the business where a direct connection to a runner is present
- Gathering data on opportunities for improvement in the customer experience to keep us driving forward
- Evaluating product issues and providing solutions for runners
- Fulfilling our product guarantee by evaluating product issues and providing solutions for runners
- Communicating with customers with a passion for service and a sincere desire to help
- Seeking positive, timely solutions to all customer's questions and concerns, using a variety of system resources
- Learning about our products via onsite training and providing expert product advice, acting as a brand ambassador
- Order administration, including placing, tracking, and modifying orders, processing returns, and researching delays or errors
- Evaluating and tracking root cause of customer contacts to provide data for continuous improvement, reporting recurring issues quickly to appropriate leadership
- Responding to challenging situations positively, deescalating frustrated customers
- Evaluating situational needs to determine and execute appropriate solutions
- Managing time effectively and exhibiting a strong ability to multitask
- Accessing and combining information from multiple systems to provide order details and analyze problems when they occur
- Assisting with order fulfillment when automated processes fail
- Recognizing potential fraudulent web transactions and escalating when appropriate
- Working with cross-functional teams to assist customers
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Availability to work 40 hours a week from October 13, 2025 to February 13, 2026
- Associates degree or 1+ years of customer service experience required (Contact Center or Specialty Run experience a bonus!)
- Computer proficiency: Word, Excel, Outlook, Social Media
- Accuracy in typing (60 wpm), spelling, and grammar
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear communication
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive attitude, balancing conflicting priorities to execute the most urgent work first
- Ability to learn various business systems and navigate between them to execute job efficiently
- Ability to manage adverse situations positively
- Proven ability to work effectively independently as well as with a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company
- Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another
- Ability to anticipate how a decision made can affect our customers, our partners, our products, or other departments' operations andor morale; "connecting the dots"
- Ability to quickly analyze the details of a situation and provide solutions, making recommendations when multiple solutions exist to create the best outcomes
- Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary
- Ability to understand and empathize with the runner to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the arenaflex community
- Embraces and lives the arenaflex values!
Compensation and Benefits
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across US geographic markets. For this role, the hourly wage ranges from $18.79 to $20.10, depending on your geographic location. Employees based out of the arenaflex Seattle HQ office receive an hourly rate of $21.50, and these positions follow a hybrid schedule that includes three days per week in the office. Benefits include:
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance
- Disability insurance
- HSA and employer contribution
- FSA
- Family & fertility assistance
- 401K Savings Plan and match
- Employee assistance program
- Transportation assistance
- Paid Time Off
- Up to five weeks of paid time off
- Eleven paid holidays
- Paid sick and parental leave
- Bonus in addition to base pay, arenaflex employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance
- Perks including product discounts, a home office stipend, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer, and donation benefits
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
arenaflex celebrates diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. arenaflex is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, twospirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, the presence of a physical, mental, or sensory disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), caste, citizenship or immigration status, honorably discharged veteran or military status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, or any other nonmerit based factors.
How to Apply
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