Studio Manager in Coventry - Boutique Reformer Pilates and Wellness Studio
Location:
Coventry, West Midlands
Our client is a brand-new boutique Reformer Pilates, yoga and barre studio opening in Coventry, with a juice bar, a members’ area and a treatment room in its first phase. They’re looking for a Studio Manager to lead the launch, run the studio day to day and help build it into a trusted name in Coventry’s fitness and wellness scene.
This is a rare chance to join a boutique fitness business before the doors open, rather than walking into a model someone else has already set. The owner wants a Studio Manager they can genuinely trust, someone who’ll take ownership of the site and help decide how it runs, from the booking software to the member journey. With a ground-floor clinical and wellness hub planned as Phase 2, there’s real room to grow with the business as it develops.
On offer is a £35k salary plus bonus, a supportive owner who wants to give you real autonomy, and the chance to grow alongside an expanding wellness offering.
Working pattern:
Full time, 40 hours per week across mixed shifts.
Key responsibilities:
- Studio operations: Leading the day-to-day running of the studio, including class scheduling, utilisation and capacity.
- Commercial growth: Driving membership sales and revenue, with a clear focus on reaching break-even and then building on it.
- Member experience: Creating a premium, welcoming experience that keeps members engaged, loyal and coming back.
- Community and reputation: Building the studio’s local profile through partnerships, outreach and word of mouth.
- Team building: Having input into upcoming hires, including an Assistant Manager and part-time reception team, and helping them develop.
- Systems and set-up: Helping choose the systems and software the business runs on from day one.
- Wellness expansion: Supporting the launch of the first treatment room and, longer term, the development of the ground-floor clinical and wellness hub.
About you:
- Ownership: Comfortable with autonomy and happy to take genuine responsibility for a site without needing to be heavily managed.
- Commercial mindset: A good understanding of sales, membership growth and retention.
- Operational experience: A solid track record of running a fitness, leisure or customer-facing operation.
- People skills: Strong customer service and leadership skills, with the ability to build and develop a team.
- High standards: A real eye for professionalism, service and presentation.
- Hands-on approach: Energised by a new opening and happy to roll your sleeves up while things get going.
- Nice to have: A Reformer Pilates qualification, boutique studio experience, new opening or pre-sales experience, clinic or wider wellness experience and knowledge of equipment providers.
What’s in it for you:
- A £35k salary plus bonus.
- The chance to shape a brand-new boutique studio from the very start.
- Real trust and autonomy from an owner who wants you to lead.
- A voice in hiring your own team.
- Clear scope to grow as the business expands into a wider clinical and wellness offering.
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