Studio Manager

Studio Manager in Coventry - Boutique Reformer Pilates and Wellness Studio

£35k + bonus

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.

Your recruiter for this role is Becky Hopkinson, Senior Account Manager at Love Recruitment, and can be contacted simply by applying for the role below. Becky and Love Recruitment specialise in recruitment across the fitness and leisure sector and work on a number of roles within the industry. If you’re keen to be considered, please ‘Apply Now’.