Artist - Experienced Barber

Benefits

• Holiday pay
• Commuter benefit
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Flexible schedule
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off
• Signing bonus
• Training & development

The Artist (Barber) provides technically excellent barbering and grooming services in a premium, hospitality-led environment. The role combines licensed service delivery, personalized consultation, sanitation, guest education, accurate service records, and active contribution to shop goals.

• Consult with each guest about desired result, hair and scalp considerations, maintenance, product preferences, and service history; confirm the plan before beginning.
• Perform authorized barbering services with consistent technical quality, including haircuts, clipper and scissor work, beard and mustache grooming, shaving, shampooing, styling, and related services within licensed scope.
• Assess whether a requested service is appropriate; decline or pause services when contraindications, infection concerns, skin conditions, safety risks, or scope-of-practice limits are present, and involve management when needed.
• Use approved tools, products, draping, infection-control practices, and manufacturer instructions; clean and disinfect the station and reusable implements between guests and dispose of single-use items correctly.
• Keep service notes and guest preferences accurate in the approved system; protect guest privacy and never divert shop guests to personal booking or payment channels.
• Manage appointment time responsibly, communicate delays early, and coordinate with Concierge to protect guest flow and service recovery.
• Recommend appropriate home-care products, rebooking intervals, memberships, and additional services based on genuine guest notes.
• Maintain tools, equipment, station supplies, linens, and inventory; report damage, shortages, or unsafe conditions promptly.
• Participate in education, technique calibration, model work, team meetings, and required compliance or safety training.

• Deliver a polished, welcoming, and respectful experience from arrival through departure.
• Follow assigned schedules, attendance and call-out procedures; be ready to work at the scheduled start time.
• Record all working time accurately and never perform off-the-clock work.
• Protect guest, employee, payment, and business information; use only approved systems and communication channels.
• Support rebooking, membership, retail, and service goals through accurate, guest-service recommendations without pressure.
• Maintain clean, organized shared areas and complete assigned opening, closing, laundry, stocking, and shop-care tasks.
• Communicate respectfully, collaborate across roles, and promptly elevate guest concerns, safety issues, injuries, suspected misconduct, or operational problems.
• Follow the Employee Handbook, Standards of Conduct and Operations, Avon Location Addendum, training, safety rules, and lawful management direction.

Maintain a current, active Connecticut barber license—and any additional credential required for assigned services—before performing regulated work. Perform only services allowed by law, license, training, and shop authorization.

• Current, active Connecticut barber license in good standing; additional credentials as required for any assigned service.
• Demonstrated proficiency in barbering consultation, cutting, fading, styling, beard work, and sanitation appropriate to the services assigned.
• Guest-service judgment, reliability, attention to detail, and ability to receive coaching and work as part of a coordinated team.
• Ability to use booking/POS and guest-record systems after training.
• [Preferred experience level, portfolio requirements, and required specialty certifications].

• Regularly stand and move throughout scheduled service periods; use hands and arms for detailed, repetitive grooming work.
• Safely handle barbering tools, approved chemicals/products, hot towels, and sanitation materials in accordance with training.
• Ability to position equipment and supplies and lift/carry [management to confirm weight] with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Frequent close interaction with guests in a salon/barbershop environment with hair, fragrances, cleaning products, noise, and varied temperatures.

Hammer & Nails Avon will consider reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.…