Build your career with La Villa

If you are interested in talking about a position with us, we are always keen to talk with you. In fact, as it happens we have a stylist position available right now! See a brief description of the role below, then hit the ‘apply or more info' button to be directed to Trade Me for more detailed information and/or to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

All enquiries and communications will be treated as strictly confidential.

If you are a passionate stylist that loves growth, top quality training, high end wages and commission as well as a fun down to earth team, we may be a marriage made in heaven!

La Villa strive, and are renowned to be the best place to work in the hairdressing industry and are proud to have won the most prestigious award of ‘Employer of choice’ for New Zealand. Providing an unbeatable workplace requires commitment to cutting edge education and clear marketing strategies and incentives to attract and maintain a steady flow of clients for our stylists. This means that as a part of our team you will have every chance to grow and excel as a stylist, business person and become the very best you can be.                           

About the business

As a privately owned NZ company La Villa employs 14 staff, and with dedication to strong leadership and direction, we support our team and encouraging growth in all areas. We offer a one-of-a-kind wages and commission scheme allowing for exceptional earning potential with realistic targets which are achieved every week. Because we are a boutique business rather than a chain business model, our whole focus is on our team and clients; you are not just a cog in a very big wheel at La Villa! We appreciate high quality work and top notch service and we provide top level training and work with you so you can offer your clients the very best of you. With a positive team culture and dynamic approach, La Villa is a multi award wining salon including taking our NZ Salon of the year, and is proud to be helping revolutionize the industry. Most importantly, we keep it fun, and having a good sense of humor is a MUST for joining team LV!

Benefits and perks for stylists

• You'll earn more at La Villa, guaranteed. We have an industry leading commission structure, this is due to our unique and exclusive business model. Our hourly rate ranges from $33-$50+ and is uncapped. We share our profits with our staff so you have the benefits of being self employed but without the responsibility and stress. To us, happy staff means, happy clients and a happy thriving business!

  
  

• Flexible hours - We encourage work-life balance for the well being of our staff. We offer a 4 day working week (35 - 40 hours for full time stylists) with every second Saturday off; this is unheard of in our industry! because you earn more with us, you can work 4 days and earn the same as what you would in 5 days in other salons. Please enquire about part time stylist hours as they work differently to the full time structure above.
  
  

• Amazing training opportunities. Whether you want to learn new techniques or brush up on old skills, we will invest in you both personally and professionally and aid you to grow. In the last year we put our entire team of stylist through a blonde degree with the amazingly talented Kate Elderidge from Keune Australia. This was intensive blonde training which has allowed our team to take lightning work to the next level! In July 2020 we flew an internationally renowned trainer to join us an La Villa specializing in the latest balayage and foliage techniques, social media and photography and consultation work. In February 2020 we had Joel Bouzaid do a personalised seminar at La Villa on personal growth, mindset and key business techniques. We are so excited to be sending 2 of our stylists to London in September 2023 to complete an international colour masters degree!

  
  

• Grow your portfolio! We have a sister business Vixen and Luxe and Kristal who is the proud owner of La Villa and Vixen & Luxe is also a creative guest artist for Keune which invloves traveling nation wide showcasing new techniques and product launches. so we have opportunities for our team to travel, take part in photoshoots, events and industry competitions.
  

• Generous discounts on hair & beauty products and services.

What is La Villa like to work for in an assistant role? (please note we are not currently looking for an assistant)

In one word… AWESOME! We appreciate our assistants hugely as these people are the the reason La Villa runs as smoothly as it does and it is also a huge part of why our clients are so well looked after. Our assistants are the first smiling face that our clients see, so this is a very important and well respected role and for this reason we are particular about who we employ in these positions.

What is involved or expected in an assistant role?

As an assistant at La Villa we offer an enjoyable an uplifting, fun and nurturing environment. Our assistants are required to be fast on their feet, great with multi-tasking skills, attention to detail and a customer service super star! Oh did a mention a sense of humor is a must, we work hard but we like a good ol’ laugh on the job!

This position includes the following:

• greeting, seating and attending to our clients (beverages, coat taking and general client comfort)

• assisting our stylists

• detailed cleaning duties

• desk duties, this may include reception and phone

• stock take and shipping online orders

Please note training will be given before employment commences so you are ensured to feel confident and capable before you even start.

What is it like to be part of Team La Villa? Here are a couple of real testimonials from our stylists:

Being apart of La Villa isn't just being a part of an amazing team of people, we are a family. We laugh together (a lot!) eat together and socialize together, we have fun everyday, and there is never a dull moment!

Respect and support is a huge mantra at La Villa. No one is too busy or too good to help anyone else, we all jump in as a team and bounce off each other. Wherever you turn there is always someone there to support you.

Working at La Villa is a one-of-a-kind experience because we have the most amazing leader!

Kristal has created an environment that we all feel safe in, a place where we can be open and speak our minds and grow both personally and professionally. Our opinion is always considered and accepted in every situation.

Kristal values her staff more than most, and that shows in the investments she makes in to each and every one of us and the amount of money we earn every week due to the uncapped earning potential. We have continuous training and up-skilling with the best in the business, and there is always a focus on personal growth too, this ensures we are always moving forward. Individual interests are always taken on board whether its colour ,cutting , team building ,even social media training, it is always offered.

We have a great work life balance by working four days a week with every second weekend off, we work hard and we are rewarded with team outings, shopping trips, incentives, lunches and dinners and of course an exceptional pay packet.

I have been at La Villa for 7 years, not many people can say that they love their job, but when you work at La Villa and for Kristal there’s not a day that you say you don’t.

— Jasmine Newman

I've been working at LV for over 3 years now and I can confidently say I wouldn't work at any other salon, the atmosphere is beautiful and the team we have here is like no other, and that's down the the amazing boss we have.

The support to grow and better ourselves as stylists is incredible! Nothing is to big or small when it comes to expanding our skills, and not only in hairdressing but within ourselves aswell, there is always a set plan in place every year of what we want to achieve, or get better at.

Kristal works with us to set goals both small and large, and teaches us to strive for the next thing and to always be improving and learning, which keeps us loving our job and looking forward to the next thing. Plus the rewards and Insensitives make it that much better!

Since working at La Villa with all the courses, seminars and training we receive, I feel as though I’ve come out of my shell and not only become more confident in my abilities as a stylist but also more confident in myself, and that’s a gift money can’t buy.

It’s always thought that in this industry, that the pay is average, you reach a limit and that’s that, but not here! With the unique pay structure Kristal has in place, the sky is the limit, no caps! Imagine that. Full weeks pay and then some, for only 4 days work?! Unheard of. I know I love my 3 days off, more time for my family as well as loving my job!

That’s what you sign up for here at La Villa, a great team, full of laughter and support and a fabulous leader! Kristal really is one in a million when it comes to a boss, she’s the perfect mix of friend, mentor and leader, you really won’t find a better salon to work at 💕

— Maddie Childs-Irwin

If you are interested in speaking with us regarding potential employment please get in touch we would love to hear from you!

Take your careeer to the next level!

Kristal@lavilla.co.nz | 021382316 | 04 9766848

See photos below of our last foilayage training session at La Villa including some of our before and afters!