Assistant Stylist

Ulta Beauty, Inc. • Cerritos, CA

15d

About The Position

The Assistant Stylist engages with guests, consults on hair care needs, and recommends products and services. This is a temporary position intended to prepare the associate for a stylist role. For the first three months, the Assistant Stylist is mentored by an Elite or Master Stylist and focuses on performance, guest service, and 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 beauty, exceptional guest service, and the aptitude and willingness to learn technical skills and product knowledge.

The Assistant Stylist helps deliver quality professional services focused on the guest’s total look. The position supports store sales and service goals, develops guest relationships, recommends products and services, follows safety and sanitation standards, and contributes to salon and store operations. After the third month, the associate may perform a broad range of hair and beauty services, including haircuts, color, styling, treatments, makeup, brow services, and ear piercing where applicable.

Requirements

• Cosmetology license.
• Basic understanding of salon techniques for haircutting, hair color, lightening, styling, texture, treatments, extensions, makeup, brow services, and ear piercing where applicable, and/or aptitude to develop skills in these categories.
• Basic understanding of equipment and chemicals used for technical work.
• Basic understanding of how to demonstrate, recommend, and sell 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 build clientele.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that includes days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to perform the listed physical duties, including standing for long periods, frequent mobility and bending, reaching, and twisting, and continuous lifting or moving of up to 10 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional guest service and contribute to store goals for retail and service sales, guest loyalty, and retail shrink.
• Support a mentor Stylist’s sales and productivity goals through add-on recommendations, shampooing and treatments, blowouts and styling, color applications, foil assistance, cleaning and organizing, pre-booking, and retail recommendations.
• After month three, perform hair and beauty services such as hair design, haircuts, color, texture services, treatments, styling, updos, perms, blowouts, keratin treatments, extensions, makeup applications, brow services, and ear piercing where applicable.
• Demonstrate products to guests to support sales and the guest experience.
• Support in-store events, promotions, and marketing initiatives.
• Stay informed about industry trends, products, and services, and learn their ingredients and benefits during work time.
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance.
• Build guest relationships through consultations and appropriate product and service recommendations.
• Serve guests, including walk-ins, in a timely and efficient manner under a stylist’s mentorship.
• 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.
• Explain the benefits of 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 salon and store areas.
• Attend mandatory trainings and meetings for professional development.
• Follow the Ulta Beauty dress code and loss-prevention practices, protect company assets, and complete other operational tasks as directed.

Benefits

• Eligible full-time associates may receive paid time off, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.
• Eligible part-time associates may receive 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