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Customer Technical Support Representative

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Part-Time

💰 $15 - $21 per Hour

💻 Information Technology

🗓️ July 14th, 2025

Python

Edtech.com's Summary

Wiley is hiring a Customer Technical Support Representative to join their part-time support team. The role involves assisting students and instructors with platform questions, troubleshooting technical issues, managing escalated tickets, and providing feedback on the customer service process to improve content and platform quality.

Highlights
  • Provide technical support to approximately 300,000 students and 2,000 instructors annually using an electronic ticketing system.
  • Troubleshoot platform and content issues, escalate tickets when necessary, and handle customer inquiries professionally.
  • Assist with account management, subscriptions, and course setup for students and instructors.
  • Maintain detailed records of customer interactions, feedback, and complaints.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and contribute to continuous improvement of customer service workflows and content.
  • Requires pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or a related field.
  • Technical knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, Python, Java, MATLAB, and/or Assembly is essential.
  • Strong written communication skills and flexibility to work mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends.
  • Salary ranges from $15 to $21 per hour.
  • Supports a remote working environment with flexible scheduling tailored around school commitments.

Customer Technical Support Representative Full Description

Customer Technical Support Representative - Part Time
Remote
Remote, NJ, USA
Part time

Job Description:Customer Technical Support Representative - Part Time
Location:Remote, NJ, USA

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it’s in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

About the Role:
Job location: Remote US, Remote California
Company: Wiley
Role: Customer Support Representative

About the role:
zyBooks seeks a part-time Customer Service Representative to join its highly-motivated 8-person support team that assists 300,000 students and 2,000 instructors at 1,000 universities each year. zyBooks continues to grow rapidly, having started in 2012 to revolutionize college computer science, engineering, math, and statistics courses via web-native interactive learning that replaces traditional textbooks and homework. The position involves utilizing an electronic ticketing system with students and instructors, to answer platform questions, examine and sometimes directly address content/platform bug reports, handle escalated tickets, and more. People with strong technical aptitude, good troubleshooting, great communication, and a passion to help people, can thrive in this position. 

How you will make an impact:
  • Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of basics of C, C++, Python, Java, MATLAB, and/or Assembly.
  • Availability early mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends (flexible around school schedule)
  • Strong written communication skills.
  • Accuracy, attention to detail, professionalism, reliability.   

Desired Skills: 
  • Reviewing student/instructor feedback on the material and platform.
  • Addressing or escalating the feedback appropriately.
  • Helping students with accounts and subscriptions.
  • Helping instructors with course setup.
  • Responding promptly and professionally to customer inquiries to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Acknowledging and resolving customer complaints.
  • Communicating with customers through a ticketing system.
  • Deep product knowledge, enough to be able to answer questions.
  • Keeping records of customer interactions, transactions, comments and complaints.
  • Communicating and coordinating with colleagues as necessary.
  • Providing feedback on the efficiency of the customer service process.
  • Processing feedback coming from our unique integrated feedback system and making small content corrections/improvements. 

About Wiley:
Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world's most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today's biggest obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities.
With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers' steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the UK, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies. Wiley proactively displays target base pay range for UK, Canada and USA based roles. 
When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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About Wiley: 
Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world's most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today's biggest obstacles into tomorrow's brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers' steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.

We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers, and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development, and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community, learn, and grow.

We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wiley's good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the United Kingdom, Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
Salary Range:15 USD to 21 USD#LI-CW1