Salon Manager | Kids Salon | RI Cosmetology License | Smithfield RI

About the role

Run the floor of an established children’s salon with real autonomy, a present and invested owner as your partner, and earnings that go well beyond base pay. This is a hands-on manager role at a growing kids’ salon with a built-in client base from day one, a clear schedule, and a compensation model built around the work you do behind the chair.

Responsibilities

• Run day-to-day salon operations in partnership with the owner: scheduling, floor coverage, opening and closing procedures.
• Stay behind the chair about 25 hours a week, delivering clipper cuts and full-range styling across all hair types.
• Create a calm, consistent guest experience that keeps families coming back.

Requirements

• Active Rhode Island cosmetology license.
• Rhode Island law requires the salon manager to hold a cosmetology license; barber and esthetician licenses do not qualify for this role.
• At least 2 years of professional salon experience, with confident clipper-cut proficiency across all hair types.
• Saturday availability every week, plus every-other Sunday to start.
• Strong advantage: Prior leadership or senior-stylist experience in a high-volume salon, and familiarity with kids’ or family clientele, are all strong advantages.

Benefits

• Schedule & Compensation: Role is a salaried, full-time position. The base salary is $45,000 to $52,000 per year, with tips, a monthly performance bonus, and product commission on top.
• Tips: typically $250 or more per week at target chair hours.
• Performance bonus: up to $1,000 per month when the salon hits revenue targets.
• Product commission: 10% on retail product.
• Salon hours are Mon, Wed-Fri 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sat 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, and Sun 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. The salon is closed Tuesdays.

About The Opportunity

Sit Still Kids Salon is a franchise brand built around making the salon experience genuinely enjoyable for kids and their families. The Smithfield location is part of a growing two-salon Rhode Island franchise, owned and actively operated by an owner who is present, invested, and serious about building a team that stays. You will have real autonomy on the floor, a clear partnership with ownership, and an established client base from day one.