Waxing Spa/Salon Manager
Full Time • Hillsboro
Responsive recruiter
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Waxing Spa/Salon Manager
At Waxing the City, we’re passionate about delivering top-quality waxing services in a clean, professional, and welcoming environment. We take pride in providing an exceptional client experience and fostering a positive, inclusive team culture. We’re looking for a hands-on, motivated leader to help launch and grow this flagship location.
Job Overview:
We are seeking a motivated, hands-on Studio Manager to lead the daily operations of our waxing studio. This role combines leadership responsibilities with scheduled waxing hours and plays a critical role in driving studio success, team performance, and exceptional guest experiences.
The ideal candidate is a strong leader who leads by example, takes ownership of results, and is passionate about operational excellence and customer satisfaction.
What You’ll Do
- Oversee day-to-day studio operations, including scheduling, productivity, cleanliness, and service standards
- Perform scheduled waxing services while maintaining high technical and guest experience standards
- Lead, coach, and motivate the team to achieve individual and studio goals
- Drive performance through booking optimization, service consistency, and retail sales
- Ensure a consistently positive, professional, and welcoming client experience
- Support hiring, onboarding, training, and ongoing development of team members
- Maintain compliance with company policies, safety, and sanitation standards
- Act as a role model for professionalism, accountability, and teamwork
What We’re Looking For
- Previous leadership or management experience (spa, salon, or service-based business preferred)
- Active esthetician license with waxing experience required
- Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills
- Ability to balance hands-on service work with leadership and operational duties
- Results-driven mindset with a focus on team success and client satisfaction
- Positive attitude, reliability, and a high standard of professionalism
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Advanced technical skills and on the floor waxing to assist in achieving studio revenue
- Client acquisition, client experience, client retention
- Inventory management
- Local marketing, community engagement, local studio social media and public relations
- Staff recruitment, hiring, management, development and retention
- Studio upkeep this includes but not limited to the following; managing cleaning checklist in accordance to the Board of Cosmetology for the treatment rooms & front lobby area. Identifying & reporting any broken or unsafe equipment in the studio to ensure the safety or employees and clients
- P&L management
- Execution of system-wide promotions and Club Orange loyalty program growth and retention
- Weekly 1:1’s to create and track goals to keep team moving forward and hitting studio goals
Requirements:
- Passion for the beauty industry and commitment to excellence in client care.Oregon Esthetician or Cosmetology License (required).
- Effective leadership skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to motivate a team to deliver a superior client experience
- Exceptional customer service
- Ability to juggle multiple priorities and deliverables simultaneously
- Detail oriented
- 2 years business and staff management
Why Join Us?
- Exciting opportunity to help build a new studio from the ground up in the fast-growing Hillsboro community.
- Competitive blended hourly compensation structure with service and retail commission for waxing, and bonuses based on studio performance.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- 14 days PTO + paid sick leave
- Free waxing services and 40% retail discount
- Supportive, collaborative, and growth-oriented company culture.
- Be part of a national brand with over 170 locations—and a local team that values excellence, teamwork, and community connection.
If you’re a driven, organized, and service-oriented professional who thrives in a hands-on leadership role, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Waxing the City Hillsboro and play a key role in shaping the success of our newest studio!
Compensation: $55,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
WAXING THE CITY CAREERS
At Waxing the City®, we are passionate about helping our clients look and feel their best. To do that – we and our franchisees hire the best of the best to deliver exceptional client service and expert results. We were founded on the belief that beauty professionals can and should have a long-term, successful beauty services career, so finding the right talent and investing in their development is in our DNA. From proprietary, hands on training to ongoing continuing education – our talent stays up to date on the latest innovations and trends in services and products. In fact, our service providers are so skilled in the art of waxing they have a special name: Cerologist®. The word cerologist is derived from “cera” (Latin for wax) and “ologist” (to indicate their level of expertise).
We and our franchisees hire talent that shares our commitment to providing a caring, supportive culture and expertise not found anywhere else. Being a part of the Waxing the City family means you are helping to improve the self-esteem of the world.
We and our franchisees seek beauty professionals who pride themselves on building strong client relationships through excellent service and expert skills. If you’re looking to learn and grow in your career, and have a passion for the industry, we want to hear from you.
Job postings listed on this site are with independently owned and operated franchised Waxing the City studios. Any application or other information submitted through this site is transmitted directly to the identified location. Each franchised Waxing the City studio is responsible for making its own local hiring decisions, determining compensation, benefits, and other terms of employment. Waxing The City Franchisor, LLC does not direct or participate in employment conditions or decisions at franchised locations. By submitting an application or information through this site you acknowledge that you are applying for employment with a franchised studio location and not Waxing The City Franchisor, LLC.
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