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About the Role

The Assistant Stylist is a temporary position intended to prepare talent for a stylist role, focusing on guest engagement, hair care consultations, and product/service recommendations. This role involves mentorship from an Elite or Master Stylist, with a focus on performance, guest service, and operational standards. The position requires a passion for the beauty industry, exceptional guest service, and a willingness to learn technical skills and product knowledge.

Responsibilities

Deliver exceptional guest service and contribute to store goals for retail and service sales, guest loyalty, and retail shrink.
Support mentor Stylist in meeting sales and productivity goals for hair services and haircare products through add-on recommendations, shampooing, blowouts, color applications, assisting with foils, cleaning, and pre-booking.
After three months, perform hair services including design, haircuts, color, texture, treatments, styling, updos, perms, blowouts, keratin treatments, extensions, makeup applications, brow services, and ear piercing.
Perform product demonstrations with guests to drive sales and enhance the guest service experience.
Support the execution of in-store events, promotions, and marketing initiatives.
Stay informed about industry trends, products, and services, and be knowledgeable about their ingredients and benefits.
Maintain prompt and regular attendance.
Develop guest relationships through consultations and appropriate retail and service recommendations.
Serve all guests, including walk-ins, in a timely and efficient manner under stylist mentorship.
Partner with skin therapists and the retail team to provide a total-store guest experience.
Establish professional peer and brand partner relationships to collaboratively deliver exceptional guest service.
Share the benefits of the guest loyalty program, including credit and the Ulta Beauty app, with guests.
Ensure compliance with Ulta Beauty’s policies, procedures, and standards.
Follow all safety, sanitation, and infection control procedures, ensuring compliance with state board guidelines.
Follow established service protocols for a consistent and exceptional guest experience.
Utilize appropriate booking and clientele systems.
Communicate supply needs to the Experience Manager.
Maintain outstanding store operational standards, including cleanliness.
Attend mandatory trainings and meetings for professional development.
Adhere to the Ulta Beauty dress code.
Protect company assets by following loss prevention best practices and providing exceptional guest service.
Execute other operational tasks as directed.

Requirements

Cosmetology license
Work a flexible schedule to include days, evenings, weekends, and holidays

Skills

Basic understanding of the latest salon techniques for performing haircutting, haircolor, lightening, styling, texture, treatment, extensions, makeup, brow services, and ear piercing services (where applicable) and/or an aptitude to develop skills and capabilities in all service categories.
Basic understanding of the use of equipment and chemicals needed to perform technical work.
Basic understanding to demonstrate, recommend, and sell pro hair care and makeup products.
Developed communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships, and build clientele.

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Temporary
Full-time

Experience Level

Entry Level

Education Level

Cosmetology license

About the Company

Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services.
We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label.
Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

Equal Opportunity

Ulta Beauty is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, and we encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
We do not discriminate based upon race (including traits associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles like braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person’s appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, status as a transgender or transsexual individual, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status (including honorable discharge from military service), reproductive health decisions, familial status, refugee status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other legally protected status of an individual.
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.