Hair Colorist Careers Near Olive Chapel, NC | Artisan Hair Cary
Quick answer: Artisan Hair Cary, located at 5039 Arco Street, Cary, NC 27519, is hiring for hair colorist careers and welcomes stylists from Olive Chapel (Apex) and the wider Triangle. The drive from Olive Chapel (Apex) runs about 14 minutes via NC-55 to Alston Town Center. Rob Schutzbach, our Master Artisan and Educator, brings over 25 years of experience and trained with Arrojo and Sassoon. Email robanthony@att.net or call (919) 694-5755 to apply.
We're building our team with stylists who can serve Olive Chapel (Apex) and neighboring Triangle communities, all from our single salon at 5039 Arco Street in Cary. Here's what that means day to day. Our color floor runs balayage, vivid creative color, blonding, and color correction every week, so if color is genuinely your focus, this is an environment built to let you specialize in it.
Olive Chapel (Apex) to Alston Town Center: Worth the Drive
Olive Chapel is a popular Apex neighborhood with steady demand for advanced color services. The drive from Olive Chapel (Apex) runs about 14 minutes via Olive Chapel Road to NC-55 North to Alston Town Center. We have stylists who commute longer distances every day because the work environment, the mentorship, and the brand education calendar make the drive worth it.
If you are based in Wake County, the route to our 5039 Arco Street salon is direct. We are inside Alston Town Center next to Whole Foods at the NC-55 and 540 interchange. Free parking, and an entrance that opens straight into the salon.
How a Color-Focused Career Works on Our Floor
Olive Chapel keeps steady demand for advanced color work, which is the kind of environment a color-focused career actually needs to grow in. We run our systems on Goldwell and Lakme, with Olaplex and K18 providing bond care on every lightening service. Specialization is real here: some stylists focus on balayage, some lead the blonding work, and others carry most of the vivid and fashion color requests. Rob still teaches the technical color work in person, which means the science behind every formula comes from decades of doing it, not from a class he took once.
Who Works at Artisan Hair Cary
Team size stays small deliberately, with mentorship built into every week. Here are three people you would be working beside:
- Rob Schutzbach, Owner and Master Stylist. Specializes in color and razor cutting; Arrojo and Sassoon trained, former Arrojo Art Team member.
- Sydney, Artisan Stylist. Specializes in vivid fashion colors, blonding, and Keratin Complex smoothing.
- Zach, Blonde Specialist and Hair Artisan. Specializes in blonding and color correction.
Meet the rest of the team on our Meet Our Artisans page.
Culture and What to Expect at Artisan Hair Cary
You will notice three things on your first day: a clean station, a schedule that holds up, and a team that already knows your name. Rob Schutzbach works the floor like a teacher who never stopped being a stylist himself. The pace stays steady, services are not rushed, and consultations get real time.
Most days the whole team eats together, and difficult color corrections get talked through as a group instead of dumped on one stylist. Mistakes are treated as teaching moments. Stylists who came from Olive Chapel (Apex) consistently say the steadiness of the culture is what they did not know they needed until they had it.
Education is a constant here, not an occasional event. Brand classes, in-house teaching, and open chair time are worked into the calendar without disrupting guest services. Stylists who want to grow keep growing. Stylists who want to specialize get real room to do it. Long careers are the entire point of how this place runs.
How a Color Specialist Career Develops Here
We built the career ladder here in stages instead of leaving it vague. New licensees come in as Apprentices, shadowing senior stylists on real cutting and color work. After a structured 6 to 12 months of mentorship, they move up to Artisan Stylist and start their own book. The ladder then opens toward Color Specialist, Senior Stylist, or Master Stylist, depending on individual focus. None of that movement is tied to a quota; it is tied to skill, consistency, and the team's own read on the work.
That path holds whether someone is straight out of cosmetology school or coming over from another salon. We start from each person's actual starting point, not a generic assumption, and build forward.
Brands, Tools, and Continuing Education
The product side of this job is not an afterthought. Goldwell, Lakme, Color WOW, KMS, and Amika make up daily use, Keratin Complex covers smoothing, and every lightening service gets bond support from K18 and Olaplex. Education tied to these brands comes straight from the manufacturers, plus Rob Schutzbach's internal teaching and workshops outside the Triangle for stylists who want more.
Stylists who keep learning are the ones who stay sharp, and we built the calendar so that continuing education happens automatically rather than being left up to individual effort.
Getting Here from Olive Chapel (Apex)
The salon address is 5039 Arco Street, Cary, NC 27519, inside Alston Town Center next to Whole Foods at NC-55 and 540. Coming from Olive Chapel (Apex), expect roughly 14 minutes; the typical route is Olive Chapel Road to NC-55 North to Alston Town Center.
Parking is free right outside the door. For an interview or working visit, arrive about 10 minutes early, and call (919) 694-5755 if you need a quick route check.
Questions Stylists Ask Us
What address should I use to find the salon from Olive Chapel (Apex)?
5039 Arco Street, Cary, NC 27519. Plan on about 14 minutes via NC-55 to Alston Town Center from Olive Chapel (Apex).
Is applying from Olive Chapel (Apex) any different from applying locally?
No. Email robanthony@att.net or call (919) 694-5755 with a resume and portfolio link either way. Response time is usually within a week, sometimes 48 hours.
Does Artisan Hair Cary require an active NC cosmetology license?
Yes for any guest-facing role. New licensees and stylists nearing graduation are encouraged to apply when their license date is within 30 days.
Who leads the salon day-to-day?
Rob Schutzbach, our Master Artisan and Educator. Rob brings over 25 years of experience and is on the floor most days teaching and working with the team.
Do I have to do cutting work if my focus is color?
No. Some stylists on our team focus almost exclusively on color services. Cutting is a skill we develop in everyone, but specialization is welcomed.
What color brands do colorists use at Artisan Hair Cary?
Our daily-use color lines include Goldwell and Lakme. Bond support comes from Olaplex and K18. Smoothing partners with Keratin Complex.
Do you do color correction work?
Yes, regularly. Color correction is one of the most challenging and rewarding parts of the role. We treat it as a specialty service, with the time and care it requires.
How do colorists keep growing here?
Through brand-led education, in-house teaching from Rob, and regular shadow days on the most complex color services. Color is a craft you keep getting better at for decades.
How to Apply
The application is straightforward: resume, North Carolina cosmetology license number (or expected graduation date), and 6 to 10 portfolio photos to robanthony@att.net. Would rather talk it through first? Call (919) 694-5755. We set up working interviews for serious candidates so you can see the floor before you decide anything.
Thinking About Applying?
Start on our Career Opportunities page, email robanthony@att.net, or call (919) 694-5755 directly. Artisan Hair Cary, 5039 Arco Street, Cary, NC 27519.