Experienced Stylist (Designer) — Full-Time

About the role

Lola Hair Studio is seeking two stylists to join our team. We are a boutique destination salon in Cambridge, MA, known for our award-winning service and generous community involvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve 6–10 clients per day across cuts, color, balayage, foiling, and specialty services with technical precision and a personalized touch.
• Conduct thorough consultations for every new client — building trust, setting expectations, and designing a service plan they’ll return for.
• Pre-book appointments and introduce retail recommendations naturally at every checkout — not as an add-on, but as genuine client care.
• Engage actively during downtime — assisting teammates, practicing techniques, and contributing to a teaching-hospital floor culture.
• Attend all education programs, Lola Academy sessions, and off-site trainings — including those scheduled on your days off.

Requirements

• 2+ years behind the chair in a quality, technique-focused salon environment; a well-trained 2-year stylist will always outplace a mediocre 5-year one.
• Proficiency in cutting, color, balayage, foiling, and dimensional color; corrective color experience a plus.
• Experience with curly/textured hair, extensions, or alternative hair solutions (toppers) strongly preferred; razor cutting coachable.
• Natural client relationship skills — thorough consultations, consistent pre-booking, and retail fluency.
• Availability for Mon/Tue/Wed + Sat or Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed (Thurs/Fri shifts currently limited; Sunday opening possible).
• Commitment to team participation, ongoing education, and Lola’s standard of polished, 5-star professional presentation.

Qualifications

• You’ve outgrown your current salon — or suite life has started to feel more like isolation than freedom — and you’re ready for a professional home with real community and real growth.
• You receive feedback as fuel, not criticism — and you actively seek it.
• You show up to education on your days off fired up, because you see it as an investment in your future, not an inconvenience.
• You genuinely believe that sharing clients, techniques, and credit makes everyone — including you — more successful.
• You have a 3–5 year vision for your career, and you want a place where that vision can actually happen.
• You understand that downtime is development time — and you lean in every single time.

Skills

• Technical precision and a personalized touch in all services.
• Strong client relationship skills, including thorough consultations and consistent pre-booking.
• Ability to engage actively during downtime and contribute to a teaching-hospital floor culture.
• Commitment to ongoing education and attending all required training sessions.

Benefits

• Up to $125K+ earning potential — we pay whichever is higher: hourly or commission — so you’re supported while you grow, and rewarded as your book performs.
• A career map with clear milestones and a ceiling you control.
• World-class education through Lola Academy, quarterly formal training, and off-site programs including Redken NYC.
• Paid time off and wellness bonuses to support your overall well-being.
• Daily mentorship from master-level educators who share techniques, insight, and credit — freely.
• A culture that celebrates you, with peer shout-outs, birthday recognition, and anniversary celebrations woven into 3x/week huddles that open with gratitude, not logistics.

Pay

Up to $125K+ Earning Potential — We pay whichever is higher: hourly or commission — so you’re supported while you grow, and rewarded as your book performs.

Schedule

Available for Mon/Tue/Wed + Sat or Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed (Thurs/Fri shifts currently limited; Sunday opening possible).

Benefits

• Paid time off and wellness bonuses to support your overall well-being.
• Daily mentorship from master-level educators who share techniques, insight, and credit — freely.
• A culture that celebrates you, with peer shout-outs, birthday recognition, and anniversary celebrations woven into 3x/week huddles that open with gratitude, not logistics.

What You Will Do

First 90 Days: Assimilate into Lola’s culture so fully that your teammates already see you as one of their own — present in huddles, active on the floor, already functioning like a Lola stylist.

6 Months: Your book has real momentum — existing clients are settled into Lola, new clients are rebooking consistently, and your earnings are reflecting your effort on the floor.

1 Year: A fully booked schedule with 70%+ rebooking — and a waitlist forming, not an empty chair.

Who We Are

Lola Hair Studio is an award-winning boutique destination salon in Cambridge, MA, a seven-time Salon Today 200 award winner recognized by the Quality Business Awards. With a team of approximately 12 stylists and a culture built on education, generosity, and collective growth, Lola is one of the most intentional, community-rooted salons in the Boston area. We donate 1% of revenue to community causes, host an annual Cut-a-thon benefiting Boston Children’s Hospital Heart Center, and recycle approximately 95% of salon waste through our Green Circle partnership. Our mission: “We inspire confidence, courage, and connection through the beauty of design.”

What You Will Accomplish

First 90 Days: Assimilate into Lola’s culture so fully that your teammates already see you as one of their own — present in huddles, active on the floor, already functioning like a Lola stylist.

6 Months: Your book has real momentum — existing clients are settled into Lola, new clients are rebooking consistently, and your earnings are reflecting your effort on the floor.

1 Year: A fully booked schedule with 70%+ rebooking — and a waitlist forming, not an empty chair.

Essential Experience

• 2+ years behind the chair in a quality, technique-focused salon environment; a well-trained 2-year stylist will always outpace a mediocre 5-year one.
• Proficiency in cutting, color, balayage, foiling, and dimensional color; corrective color experience a plus.
• Experience with curly/textured hair, extensions, or alternative hair solutions (toppers) strongly preferred; razor cutting coachable.
• Natural client relationship skills — thorough consultations, consistent pre-booking, and retail fluency.
• Availability for Mon/Tue/Wed + Sat or Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed (Thurs/Fri shifts currently limited; Sunday opening possible).
• Commitment to team participation, ongoing education, and Lola’s standard of polished, 5-star professional presentation.

Ready to Build the Career You’ve Been Designing?

If you’ve been waiting for a salon that invests in you — technically, financially, and personally — Lola is it. We have the career map, the mentorship, the education platform, and a team that genuinely roots for each other. You bring the drive, the craft, and the “Better Together” mindset.

Employment Offers

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check — just one of the ways we maintain a safe, trustworthy, and people-first workplace.