Colorist, Licensed Cosmetologist

madisonreedcolorbar; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 59,236 - 61,992; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision & FSA

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pre-tax Commuter (Parking & Transit)

401k Plans

Paid Vacation Time

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Madison Reed in Folsom, CA is seeking a Licensed Colorist to deliver high-quality color services, guest care, and consultations.

You will perform color, styling, and related services, help guests choose products, and contribute to achieving sales goals while maintaining clean, organized workspaces. Active license and 1+ year experience required; English fluency; competitive pay with base hourly, commissions, and tips.

Qualifications

• Active cosmetology license in the state where you are applying.
• 1+ year of colorist experience behind the chair in a salon.
• Excellent communication and people skills in a fast-paced retail or salon environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide color services and consultations per menu to 100% guest satisfaction.
• Contribute to meeting monthly sales goals through product and service recommendations.
• Maintain cleanliness, merchandising, inventory, and adherence to company policies.
• Support training of Assistant Colorists through coaching and care.

Skills

1+ year experience behind chair

Communication skills

POS systems familiarity

Fluency in English

Education

Active cosmetology license

Tools

Point of Sale systems

Job description

Licensed Colorist

Licensed Colorists at Madison Reed Hair Color Bar are an essential part of our guest promise, delivering quality services and excellent guest care. You love beauty and hair color, and you pride yourself on helping guests find the best color for them and executing their service with perfection.

The Madison Reed Licensed Colorist brings to life our mantra of 'confident is the new beautiful', and is the expert on Madison Reed consultations, hair care products, blowout services, unlimited roots memberships, connecting with guests and fellow team members to foster a focused and friendly work environment, meeting the demands of a busy day by knowing the targets, having a plan to meet them, keeping the environment clean and organized while building relationships and supporting each other.

#livelifecolorfully

This role reports to the Manager, can be full or part time depending on business needs and requires availability at peak times to best serve our guest needs.

At Madison Reed, we aim to pay competitively. Compensation for this role consists of base hourly pay, commissions, and tips. Potential earnings for this location range from $43-$45 per hour. Actual compensation contingent on factors including Hair Color Bar performance, tenure, and time behind the chair.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and develop teamwork skills to provide a guest experience aligned with our values of Love, Joy, Trust, Courage and Responsibility.
• Provide consultations and all services offered on the menu, including shampooing and conditioning, styling such as blow drying, flat ironing and curling, etc., and all chemical services to the highest of quality standards and to 100% guest satisfaction.
• Be attentive to guest needs to help select the best products and color for them, while staying flexible to business needs and on time for bookings.
• Contribute to achieving monthly sales goals and other key performance indicators, including but not limited to: retail sales, services, memberships.
• Ensure Hair Color Bar meets company standards as it relates to cleanliness, merchandising, inventory, company asset security.
• Adhere to protocols regarding Madison Reed systems, policies, processes and procedures.
• Drive Hair Color Bar revenue through increasing the average service ticket through additional services, sales of unlimited roots memberships, subscriptions, home hair care and more.
• Grow within Madison Reed by participating in ongoing training and staying up to date on MR products and service offerings.
• Support the training and development of Assistant Colorists through demonstration, coaching and care.

Qualifications

• Active cosmetology license in the state in which you are applying.
• 1+ year of experience as a colorist behind the chair within a salon environment.
• Effective communication, strong problem‑solving and people skills, in a fast‑paced retail or salon environment.
• Comfortable operating point of sale systems.
• Fluency in English.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this position, team members will regularly stand, walk for four plus consecutive hours; repetitive and regular bending and twisting at the waist; manipulating fingers and hands, bend and reach wrists and arms, reach with hands and arms or move up to ten pounds. May occasionally sit, kneel, stoop, crouch, and lift, push, pull up to ten pounds. Additionally, team members will communicate regularly with guests via ongoing conversations and consultations.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision & FSA (FT Only)
• Employee Assistance Program (FT and PT)
• Pre‑tax Commuter (Parking & Transit) Basic (FT Only *)
• Life AD&D (FT Only)
• Short & Long‑term Disability (FT Only)
• Accident Insurance (FT Only)
• Critical Illness Hospital (FT Only)
• Hospital Indemnity (FT Only)
• Parental Leave* (FT Only - Dependent on Tenure and Position)
• Team Member Discount: Working Advantage (FT & PT)
• Pet Insurance (FT & PT)
• One Medical Membership (FT & PT)
• The College Tuition Benefit (FT & PT)
• 401k Plans (FT & PT)
• Paid Vacation Time (FT Only)
• Paid Holidays (FT & PT)

*Additional benefits may be available depending on geographic location

Equal Opportunity Statement

Madison Reed is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting, training, compensating, and promoting our employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any o