Job Details

Salon Stylist

The Salon Stylist duties include consulting clients on hair styling options, describing the benefits of different hair care products, persuading clients to buy retail products and staying updated on the latest hair trends and styling methods. Additionally, Salon Stylists need to be expert people persons to attract and retain long term customers. This requires good interpersonal and conversational skills.

Primary Duties

• Provide cut, style and blow-dry services.
• Provide bleach, color, and hair tinting services.
• Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
• Proactively develop new customers.
• Consistently increase client retention by building relationships and pre-booking appointments.
• Demonstrate a commitment to providing outstanding client service.
• Show willingness to grow and continue education to maintain knowledge of the current trends.
• Keep station clean and sanitary.
• Safe use of equipment and chemicals.
• Perform laundry duties such as towels.
• Assist store in selling product, product maintenance, and customer service. Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• High school graduation or GED completion.
• 3+ years as stylist preferred.
• Licensing from a cosmetology school.
• Previous experience as a Salon Stylist or colorist.
• A wide pallet of styling and coloring techniques.
• Proficiency with hot irons, curlers and blow-dryers.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Good verbal communication.
• Creative mindset and a good eye for design.

Competencies / Attributes

• Focus on Customers Passion for delivering great customer experience.
• Engage and Inspire: High energy with a strong sense of urgency.
• Earns trust and works well with others.
• Strong communication skills.
• Great problem solver Can Do attitude.
• Enthusiasm for the beauty industry and its products. Strong desire to provide the best communication and education possible for the stores.

Nature and Extent of Direct or Indirect Controls Exercised by the Supervisor

• Task Level High.
• Departmental/Division Level High.
• Project Level High.
• Consultative Level High.

The amount of discretion or freedom this position has

• Strict Adherence to Guidelines.
• Interprets and Adapts Guidelines.
• Develops and Implements Guidelines.

Working Conditions /Physical Requirements

• The position requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing; walking; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as shipment or record boxes. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity.
• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, and residences or commercial vehicles, e.g., use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals, etc. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.