About the Role
The Assistant Colorist at Madison Reed Hair Color Bar supports Licensed Colorists and the Shift Lead, providing a seamless guest experience while learning services and working towards promotion. This role is ideal for someone passionate about beauty and hair color who takes pride in helping guests find the perfect color and executing services flawlessly. The Assistant Colorist is an expert in consultations, product knowledge, shampooing, conditioning, blowouts, and membership programs, while actively training for promotion to Licensed Colorist within 3-9 months.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate and develop teamwork skills to provide a guest experience aligned with company values.
- Perform behind-the-chair services including assisting in finishing, shampooing, conditioning, styling, blowouts, hot tool styling, treatments, toners, and add-on product applications.
- Contribute to achieving monthly sales goals and key performance indicators, including retail sales, services, and memberships.
- Ensure the Hair Color Bar meets company standards for cleanliness, merchandising, inventory, and asset security.
- Adhere to Madison Reed's systems, policies, processes, and procedures.
- Drive Hair Color Bar revenue by increasing average service tickets through additional services, memberships, subscriptions, and home hair care sales.
- Proactively learn and complete the Assistant Colorist to Colorist Training, mastering color theory and developing application skills for career growth within Madison Reed.
Requirements
- Active cosmetology license in the state of application.
- Entry-level experience in customer service or retail sales; salon or beauty industry experience preferred.
- Effective communication, strong problem-solving, and people skills in a fast-paced retail or salon environment.
- Comfortable operating point of sale systems.
- Fluency in English.
Skills
- Teamwork
- Guest experience
- Hair color services
- Consultations
- Product knowledge
- Shampooing
- Conditioning
- Blowouts
- Sales
- Merchandising
- Inventory management
- Color theory
- Communication
- Problem-solving
Location
- Madison Reed Hair Color Bar
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Entry level
Education Level
- Cosmetology license
Salary/Compensations
- Base hourly pay, commissions, and tips
- Potential earnings range from $29.50 - $31.50 per hour
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision & FSA (FT Only)
- Employee Assistance Program (FT and PT)
- Pre-tax Commuter (Parking & Transit) Basic (FT Only)
- Life AD&D (FT Only)
- Short & Long-term Disability (FT Only)
- Accident Insurance (FT Only)
- Critical Illness Hospital (FT Only)
- Hospital Indemnity (FT Only)
- Parental Leave* (FT Only - Dependent on Tenure and Position)
- Team Member Discount: Working Advantage (FT & PT)
- Pet Insurance (FT & PT)
- One Medical Membership (FT & PT)
- The College Tuition Benefit (FT & PT)
- 401k Plans (FT & PT)
- Paid Vacation Time (FT Only)
- Paid Holidays (FT & PT)
About the Company
- At Madison Reed, we aim to pay competitively.
- Inclusion is at the heart of what we do, from the way we craft our job descriptions to the values we espouse daily.
Equal Opportunity
- Madison Reed is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting, training, compensating, and promoting our employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
- We comply with all applicable Fair Chance Ordinances and will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other applicable laws within the city, county, and state candidates are located.
- We value inclusion and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to complete the interview process. If you require an accommodation, please contact hiring@madison-reed.com as early as possible.
