Hybrid Assistant

JOSH WOOD HAIR; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing education

Career growth

Commission on uncapped earnings

MECCA product discount

Competitive salary

Global brand involvement

Job summary

Josh Wood Colour has opened in Melbourne inside MECCA Bourke Street, bringing a London luxury hair brand to Australia. This hybrid role combines a newly qualified stylist position with salon-host responsibilities, offering you a personal chair and a dynamic two-way week between the Atelier and the main salon.

You will deliver premium cutting, styling, and finishing, with strong hair-up skills and client consultations, while building relationships and supporting the team in a fast-paced luxury

Qualifications

• This is an entry-level stylist role requiring newly qualified hairdressers with strong technical abilities in cutting, styling, blow-drys and hair-ups.
• Candidates should be comfortable building real relationships with clients and showing work on social media.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality cutting, styling, and finishing in salon and Atelier.
• Show immaculate hair-up skills and conduct in-depth client consultations.
• Build lasting client relationships and drive rebooking for your column and the salon.
• Support a positive team culture and contribute to a collaborative environment.
• Fulfill Salon Host & Assistant duties when chair is not booked, welcoming clients and assisting staff.

Skills

Haircutting

Styling

Blow-dry

Hair-up

Client consultations

Social media sharing

Tools

Salon equipment

Job description

Josh Wood Colour, one of London’s most celebrated hair institutions, has landed in Australia, and we’ve made ourselves right at home inside MECCA Bourke Street. Founded by globally recognised colourist Josh Wood, our Melbourne salon opened in August 2025 and it’s already buzzing. We’re a tight-knit team of creative professionals who pride ourselves on delivering exceptional hair and unforgettable client experiences, every single day.

The Role

This is a hybrid role for a newly qualified stylist who’s fast, polished and brilliant with people. You’ll be employed as an entry-level stylist with your own chair, and your week splits in two:

• 3 days in the MECCA Atelier. Dry-styling (blow-dries, finishes and hair-ups) for up to 8 clients a day, alongside the MECCA make-up artists.
• 2 days in the salon. Building your own column of cut, style and finish clients.

Whenever your chair isn’t booked, you’ll step into our Salon Host & Assistant role, looking after clients and supporting the team. This is a key role for us and one we are looking to fill with someone flexible and keen to be part of an exclusive London brand, available only at MECCA Bourke St and Chadstone.

Key Responsibilities

Stylist and Atelier Services

• Delivering high-quality, tailored cutting, styling and finishing services in the salon and in the Atelier
• Immaculate hair-up skills
• Leading in-depth consultations, really listening, and advising clients with honesty and confidence
• Building lasting client relationships and driving rebookings for your column and the salon
• Contributing to a supportive, inclusive and upbeat team culture

Salon Host & Assistant

• Provide a warm and professional welcome to all clients
• Prepare and serve refreshments, maintaining a high standard of presentation
• Assist stylists and colourists with salon preparations, including shampooing, head massages, and brushing hair
• Ensure salon tools and workstations are prepared, restocked, and organised
• Support with stock management, ordering, and retail merchandising
• Support with bookings, client check-ins, and payments
• Ensure excellent communication across all client touchpoints

Who you are

• A newly qualified hairdresser with strong technical skills across cutting, styling, blow-dryies and hair-up
• A natural at building real relationships. Clients come back because of you
• Comfortable sharing your work on social media
• A team player who lifts everyone around you
• Experience in luxury or high-end salons is a bonus, but passion and skill matter most

Perks & Benefits

• Ongoing education and training from UK-trained hairdressers
• Real career pathway support and room to grow
• Commission structures for uncapped earning potential
• MECCA product discount
• Competitive salary
• A seat at the table with a globally recognised hair and beauty brand

This is more than a salon job. It’s your chance to be part of something bold, beautiful and unique as we bring the future of hair to Australia.