Assistant Stylist

Ulta Beauty, Inc. • Apple Valley, CA

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About The Position

The Assistant Stylist engages with guests, consults on hair care needs, and recommends products and services. This temporary position is intended to prepare talent for a stylist role and deliver quality professional services with an emphasis on the guest’s total look. For the first three months, the Assistant Stylist is supported and mentored by an Elite or Master Stylist, focusing on performance, guest service, operating procedures, and compliance. During months four through six, the Assistant Stylist continues assisting while beginning to serve guests independently. The role calls for a passion for the beauty industry, exceptional guest service, and the aptitude and willingness to develop technical skills and product knowledge.

The Assistant Stylist supports service and retail goals by assisting with salon services, recommending products and add-ons, maintaining the salon and store, building guest relationships, and following company and state-board procedures. After the first three months, the role includes providing a broad range of hair and beauty services, where applicable. The position requires a flexible schedule that includes days, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and involves frequent movement and standing, bending, reaching, twisting, and handling objects. Pay is $16.00 per hour; eligible associates may also earn overtime as required by law and tips from service guests. Full-time associates are eligible for paid time off and health, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits; part-time associates are eligible for dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.

Requirements

• Cosmetology license.
• Basic understanding of salon techniques for haircutting, hair color, lightening, styling, texture, treatments, extensions, makeup, and ear piercing where applicable, and/or aptitude to develop skills in these service categories.
• Basic understanding of equipment and chemicals used for technical work.
• Basic understanding of demonstrating, recommending, and selling professional 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 clientele.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that includes days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of frequent mobility, bending, reaching, and twisting; continuous lifting or moving of up to 10 pounds; standing for long periods; and continuous coordination and manipulation of objects.
• Frequent use of a computer, telephonic devices, and related office and cosmetology supplies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional guest service and contribute to store retail and service sales, guest loyalty, and shrink goals.
• Assist a mentor Stylist with add-on recommendations, shampooing and treatments, blowouts and styling, global and retouch color applications, foils, cleaning and sanitation, organization, pre-booking, and retail recommendations.
• After month three, provide hair design, haircuts, color, texture, treatments, styling, updos, perms, blowouts, keratin treatments, extensions, makeup applications, and ear piercing where applicable.
• Demonstrate products to guests and support in-store events, promotions, and marketing initiatives.
• Stay informed about industry trends, products, and services and their ingredients and benefits during work time.
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance.
• Develop guest relationships through consultations and appropriate retail and service recommendations.
• Serve guests, including walk-ins, in a timely and efficient manner under the mentorship of another stylist.
• Partner with skin therapists and the retail team to provide a well-rounded guest experience.
• Build professional relationships with peers and brand partners to support collaborative guest service.
• Promote the guest loyalty program, including credit and the Ulta Beauty app.
• Follow company policies, procedures, standards, service protocols, and state-board requirements.
• Follow safety, sanitation, and infection-control procedures before, during, and after services.
• Use booking and clientele systems to schedule return services and events.
• Communicate supply needs to the Experience Manager and maintain guest-readiness.
• Maintain cleanliness and operational standards in assigned store areas.
• Attend mandatory trainings and meetings for professional development.
• Follow the Ulta Beauty dress code and loss-prevention practices.
• Complete other operational tasks and assigned duties.

Benefits

• Full-time positions are eligible for paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Part-time positions are eligible for dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Eligible associates may earn overtime pay as required by applicable law and tips paid by service guests.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed