Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
References
Certification
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Jean Whitney

Henderson,NV

Summary

Navy veteran seeking a challenging position in an organized and creative environment to utilize my skills and knowledge.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

JCPenney Salon
05.2024 - Current
  • Provide great customer service; cooperate and build positive, inclusive, and respectful relationships; take accountability for your actions and outcomes.
  • Welcome customers and identify their preferences by asking pointed questions. Recommend hairstyles and haircuts according to customers' face shapes and tastes.
  • Wash, rinse, and dry clients' hair using appropriate shampoos and conditioners (e.g.).
  • For oily hair or dry scalp.
  • Cut, trim, and shave hair using professional equipment.
  • Apply a wide range of hair coloring techniques, like highlights, balayage.
  • Create hairstyles for formal events and everyday looks, including braids, ponytails, or buns.
  • Apply hair treatment products, as needed (e.g.).
  • Color protection creams and hydrating masks.
  • Form bonds with loyal customers and remember their hairstyle preferences.
  • Ensure tidiness of beauty stations and sterilize tools, as needed.
  • Cross-sell hair care products or services, when appropriate.

Posare Salon
04.2016 - 04.2024
  • Completes haircutting techniques, including trims, layers, and texturizing.
  • Perform different hair-coloring methods, such as highlights, ombre, and balayage.
  • Styles hair, including blowouts, curls, braids, ponytails, and updos.
  • Upsells clients on products and services.
  • Provide makeup services when requested.
  • Manage booking appointments, marketing, and service charges.

Great Clips
05.2023 - 02.2024
  • Greet all customers that enter the salon, properly check them, and give the most accurate wait time.
  • Give a thorough consultation before proceeding to conduct the service. During the service, recommend products to customers to address any issues that the customer may express.
  • Confirm the customer's satisfaction before checking them out.
  • Properly sanitize all implements used, and clean my station before taking the next customer.
  • Other responsibilities include proper sanitation of the restroom, salon floor, and breakroom; cash handling; restocking any retail that's running low; and making sure all clean towels are secure in cabinets.

Voie Spa & Salon
12.2018 - 12.2020
  • Give a presentable greeting to all guests with an opening ritual.
  • Give a thorough consultation on the desired service the guest requests, which may include both women's and men's cuts, scalp treatments, updos (including bridal), color services, makeup, manicures, and pedicures.
  • While performing the service, recommend any upgrades that can enhance the service. Educate the guest on the service being performed and on all products being used on the guest.
  • Once service is completed, confirm satisfaction and recommend a take-home product to ensure longevity of the complete style.

The Spa at The Linq
04.2016 - 06.2018
  • Services that are performed are manicures, pedicures, makeup, bridal makeup, men's, and women's cuts, updos, simply styling, hair color, and blowouts.
  • Greet all guests with a proper introduction, give a thorough consultation to explain the realistic results that guests can expect from their service.
  • Perform all services in a timely manner, confirm satisfaction with the service performed, educate, and recommend products to guests to ensure longevity of the service provided.
  • Keep workstations clean and disinfect all implements, replenish all retail backbar, update inventory, and report any stock items that are low, and promote the salon on days that are slow.

Trump Hotel Spa
07.2015 - 03.2016
  • Greet all guests, do thorough consultations with guests, give realistic expectations on what the guests request.
  • Perform the service in which the guest requests in a timely manner, confirm satisfaction with the service performed, educate and recommend products to guests to ensure longevity of the service and the integrity of the hair.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
06-2026

Associate of Science - Business

College of Southern Nevada
Henderson, NV
06-2024

Skills

  • Color Corrections
  • Appointment Coordination
  • Customer buying trends
  • Innovative hairstyling techniques
  • Salon maintenance
  • Makeup Application
  • Product knowledge mastery
  • Cleanliness and sanitation
  • Hair extensions application

References

Presented when requested.

Certification

  • State Issued Cosmetology License for Barbers – NV Board of Cosmetology.
  • Make-up Artist Certification – Various Accredited Makeup Schools.
  • Masters of Balayage Certification
  • Habit Hair Extensions Certification

Timeline

JCPenney Salon
05.2024 - Current

Great Clips
05.2023 - 02.2024

Voie Spa & Salon
12.2018 - 12.2020

Posare Salon
04.2016 - 04.2024

The Spa at The Linq
04.2016 - 06.2018

Trump Hotel Spa
07.2015 - 03.2016

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration And Management

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Associate of Science - Business

College of Southern Nevada
Jean Whitney