career styler 2021-22 / R O L E C A L L
Role call BARBER
A specialist in men’s hair with a strong foundation in classic short hair cutting and styling.
BRAND AMBASSADOR
A hairdresser who works for a specific brand, representing their products at events, doing presentations and promoting them online.
COLOUR SPECIALIST
Colour specialists focus on creating beautiful colour for their clients, working alongside talented haircutters.
EDUCATOR
A hairdressing educator passes on their skill and knowledge of the hairdressing craft to others.
Here are some of the roles you could take on during your career.
FREELANCE HAIRDRESSER
SESSION STYLIST
A freelance hairdresser works for themselves. They might have an at-home salon, visit their clients’ home, rent a chair in a salon, or do a range of jobs all on a self-employed basis.
Being a session stylist is an often highpressure, exciting role, working backstage at fashion shows, behind the scenes on TV sets or on magazine photographic shoots.
SALON MANAGER
TEXTURED HAIR SPECIALIST
SALON STYLIST
Some hairdressers decide to expand their expertise and study trichology, which is the science of hair and hair health.
A salon manager is responsible for the smooth running of a salon business, including keeping the team motivated, ensuring the salon is lucrative and that their clients are having the best possible experience.
Textured hair has very specific needs and while all hairdressers should understand these, some hairdressers decide to focus on looking after clients with Afro or heavily textured hair.
TRICHOLOGIST
Many begin their career as an apprentice, progressing to graduate stylist, where they will look after clients, usually with a more experienced mentor’s support. From here they can move up the ranks to senior stylist, looking after a busy column of loyal clients.
There are even more job roles than these, which you could embrace during your career, including being an extensionist, specialising in the application and styling of extensions, or you could become an art director within a salon group, overseeing all the more creative elements of a salon brand. The opportunities are endless!
“The opportunities are endess!”
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