Salon Assistant

You'll support stylists with hair care and styling services, maintain clean work areas, and assist with front desk and retail tasks. Your impact: By combining attentive client communication with consistent sanitation, you help clients feel cared for and the salon team deliver a smooth, professional visit.

Responsibilities

• Welcome clients, manage front desk tasks, and use salon software such as MINDBODY to support appointments and store management.
• Assist with hair styling, coloring, extensions, threading, and other services within your training and scope; support barbering tasks such as straight razor work only when qualified and permitted.
• Maintain sanitation standards, prepare tools and stations, and help organize hair care, nail care, eyelash extension, and makeup application supplies.
• Support retail sales through product guidance, clear communication, and appropriate upselling; apply retail math when handling transactions or inventory.
• Communicate client needs to the salon team and contribute to a positive, collaborative environment, including mentoring when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Experience working in the beauty industry is preferred; a background in cosmetology or barbering is an asset.
• Knowledge of hair care, hair styling, hair coloring, and color theory is helpful. Familiarity with hair extensions, hair threading, eyelash extensions, makeup application, or nail care is a plus.
• Strong customer service, communication, and client communication skills, with a welcoming and professional approach.
• Comfort with front desk duties, salon software, retail sales, and basic retail math; MINDBODY experience is an advantage.
• Reliable attention to sanitation, teamwork, and learning salon procedures; store management or mentoring experience is a plus.