Instructor & San Diego Manager

Girlie Garage is looking for someone who can stand in front of a room and teach with confidence and help run the San Diego side of the business behind the scenes. This is a hybrid role: part instructor, part local operations lead. You'll be the face of Girlie Garage at workshops and events across San Diego, and also the person keeping the trains running — scheduling, communications, and light administrative work — while helping grow our footprint in the area.

This role is a strong fit for someone who loves teaching/empowering others but also wants ownership over how a local market runs. You do not already need to know the car stuff.

Part-Time Hybrid

TBD

Girlie Garage is a woman-owned automotive education and consulting company on a mission to empower people — especially women — to feel safer, and more confident in this giant machine they climb into everyday. We believe automotive knowledge creates independence. Through hands-on workshops, one-on-one consulting, and community partnerships, we teach the skills that should have been taught all along — in a way that's friendly, empowering, and never condescending.

Instruction

Lead Girlie Garage workshops (teen driver courses, adult automotive basics, "Under the Hood," seasonal workshops, youth STEAM sessions, and more) at libraries, schools, community events, and partner venues across San Diego

Deliver content in the Girlie Garage voice: welcoming, encouraging, and jargon-free for beginners

Set up, break down, and manage workshop materials and supplies

Area Management

Serve as the primary point of contact for San Diego-area partners, venues, and clients

Coordinate workshop scheduling and logistics across San Diego

Track and report on local performance (attendance, feedback, partner relationships)

Represent Girlie Garage at community events, fairs, and partner site

Administrative

Handle day-to-day admin tasks: confirming bookings, updating schedules, managing supply inventory, light correspondence with partners and clients

Support basic recordkeeping (attendance, waivers, workshop materials tracking)

Communicate regularly with Girlie Garage leadership on local operations

Business Development

Identify and help cultivate new contract opportunities in the San Diego area (schools, libraries, community organizations, corporate partners, dealerships, etc.)

Represent Girlie Garage in early conversations with prospective partners

Earn bonus compensation for new signed contracts you help bring in (see Compensation below)

Comfortable teaching groups of all ages and experience levels, from total beginners to teens to adults

Organized and reliable — you follow through on logistics without needing constant reminders

Personable and professional; you represent the brand well in front of partners and the public

Automotive interest preferred (professional experience, coursework, or strong hands-on familiarity, excited about vehicles/machines in general)

Self-starter who s comfortable managing your own schedule and juggling teaching + admin work

Based in or near San Diego, with reliable transportation to workshop and event locations

Strong knowledge base for Microsoft office and Google Drive. We also use Canva, capcut and claude if you might already dabble

Excited to learn new things about automotive that will help you personally save money

Looking forward to to helping your community grow and be better together

Hourly base rate for instruction and administrative hours (rate discussed based on experience)

New contract bonus: additional bonus paid for each new contract you help secure for Girlie Garage in the San Diego area, structured as a percentage of contract value or a flat bonus per signed agreement (final structure to be defined)

We are really looking for a person who wants to grow with the company. Compensation can be flexible. We succeed when you succeed and vice versa.