Studio Manager

Love Recruitment Ltd; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£35k salary

Bonus

Autonomy

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Love Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for a Studio Manager in Coventry to lead the launch of a brand-new boutique Reformer Pilates, yoga and barre studio with a juice bar, a members’ area and a treatment room. You will run the studio day to day, shape the member journey and help grow the brand in Coventry’s fitness scene.

The role offers a £35k salary plus bonus, with a supportive owner and real autonomy to shape operations, staff and member experience as the business expands.

Qualifications

• Ownership and autonomy to lead a site from day one.
• Commercial mindset with focus on membership growth and retention.
• Operational experience running fitness or customer-facing operations.
• Strong customer service and leadership skills.
• High standards of professionalism, service and presentation.
• Hands-on approach to launching a new studio.
• Nice to have: Reformer Pilates qualification or boutique studio experience.

Responsibilities

• Studio operations: Leading the day-to-day running of the studio, including class scheduling, utilisation and capacity.
• Commercial growth: Driving membership sales and revenue, with a focus on break-even and growth.
• Member experience: Creating a premium, welcoming experience that keeps members engaged and loyal.
• Community and reputation: Building the studio’s local profile through partnerships and outreach.
• Team building: Input into upcoming hires and helping them develop.
• Systems and set-up: Helping choose the systems and software the business runs on from day one.

Skills

Ownership

Commercial mindset

Operational experience

People skills

High standards

Hands-on

Team leadership

Tools

Booking software

Job description

Studio Manager in Coventry - Boutique Reformer Pilates and Wellness Studio

Location:

Coventry, West Midlands

Our client is a brand-new boutique Reformer Pilates, yoga and barre studio opening in Coventry, with a juice bar, a members’ area and a treatment room in its first phase. They’re looking for a Studio Manager to lead the launch, run the studio day to day and help build it into a trusted name in Coventry’s fitness and wellness scene.

This is a rare chance to join a boutique fitness business before the doors open, rather than walking into a model someone else has already set. The owner wants a Studio Manager they can genuinely trust, someone who’ll take ownership of the site and help decide how it runs, from the booking software to the member journey. With a ground-floor clinical and wellness hub planned as Phase 2, there’s real room to grow with the business as it develops.

On offer is a £35k salary plus bonus, a supportive owner who wants to give you real autonomy, and the chance to grow alongside an expanding wellness offering.

Working pattern:

Full time, 40 hours per week across mixed shifts.

Key responsibilities:

• Studio operations: Leading the day-to-day running of the studio, including class scheduling, utilisation and capacity.
• Commercial growth: Driving membership sales and revenue, with a clear focus on reaching break-even and then building on it.
• Member experience: Creating a premium, welcoming experience that keeps members engaged, loyal and coming back.
• Community and reputation: Building the studio’s local profile through partnerships, outreach and word of mouth.
• Team building: Having input into upcoming hires, including an Assistant Manager and part-time reception team, and helping them develop.
• Systems and set-up: Helping choose the systems and software the business runs on from day one.
• Wellness expansion: Supporting the launch of the first treatment room and, longer term, the development of the ground-floor clinical and wellness hub.

About you:

• Ownership: Comfortable with autonomy and happy to take genuine responsibility for a site without needing to be heavily managed.
• Commercial mindset: A good understanding of sales, membership growth and retention.
• Operational experience: A solid track record of running a fitness, leisure or customer-facing operation.
• People skills: Strong customer service and leadership skills, with the ability to build and develop a team.
• High standards: A real eye for professionalism, service and presentation.
• Hands-on approach: Energised by a new opening and happy to roll your sleeves up while things get going.
• Nice to have: A Reformer Pilates qualification, boutique studio experience, new opening or pre-sales experience, clinic or wider wellness experience and knowledge of equipment providers.

What’s in it for you:

• A £35k salary plus bonus.
• The chance to shape a brand-new boutique studio from the very start.
• Real trust and autonomy from an owner who wants you to lead.
• A voice in hiring your own team.
• Clear scope to grow as the business expands into a wider clinical and wellness offering.