Group Fitness Instructor

Park Ridge, Illinois

KickHouse Park Ridge
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Are you passionate about fitness, empowerment, and helping others become their strongest selves - physically and mentally? Do you bring high energy, heart, and hustle to every room you enter? If so, we want YOU on our team at KickHouse Park Ridge.

We're looking for a Group Fitness Kickboxing Instructor to lead evening sessions and grow with us beyond the bag - into sales, operations, social media, and boutique fitness business strategy.

Knocking out calories and changing people's lives one class at a time. Are you the next Head Instructor for our KickHouse family?

Do you have a passion for life and fitness?

For changing lives and managing a team?

For being in charge of the big picture as well as tiny details?

What about an urge to be a part of one of the fastest-growing fitness brands in the industry?

If you're nodding and smiling and all but shouting "YES" then keep on reading because we want you to be our next KickHouse Fitness Head Instructor.

About Us:

KickHouse has resilience in its DNA and perseverance as a critical differentiator. We encourage our members to grow their strength and resilience through kickboxing.

We know changes don't come easily so we don't give up easily either. There is fight in this family. The KickHouse family is passionate about constant improvements. All of our workouts are rooted in kickboxing with additional fitness flare in each of our class types. Kickboxing is accessible to all fitness levels. From beginners to advanced athletes, you'll see that our classes torch calories and get results quickly.

Whatever class you take, you'll leave KickHouse feeling empowered, confident and ready to take on the world.

Position: Head Instructor

We value your hard work; as the business grows, we offer the opportunity for your compensation to grow.

Job Overview:

You'll lead a team of engaged professionals that have a passion for fitness and helping our members feel empowered As a Head Instructor, you can expect to perform the following duties:

Leading and motivating members through pre-defined workouts.

Making sure members are using the correct form and offering corrections if they aren't.

Understanding the science behind our workouts, heart-rate-focused training programs, and being aware of what the competition is doing.

Knowing how to use and demonstrate usage for every piece of equipment used in every workout.

5-10 administrative hours per week.

Being a team player.

Responsibilities:

Hire, train, and schedule Instructors alongside the Studio Manager.

Manage, develop, and evaluate and execute the performance of all KickHouse

Fitness Instructors and trains staff for continued success and future growth.

Regularly attend training and bring learnings back to the coaching staff for implementation.

Attend KickHouse classes a minimum of once a week.

Work directly with the Studio Manager to increase studio utilization and workout traffic.

Promote the studio and the KickHouse brand through social media efforts by directing staff to participate in marketing campaigns.

Maintain a regular cadence of meetings and training with the studio team to ensure continued development, establish goal setting, and monitor completion of goals.

Execute and coordinate marketing efforts through demos and pop-ups (pre-sale events, studio events, outreach).

Responsible for meeting key performance indicators (KPI's): utilization, attrition, and conversions.

Meet or exceed personal goals as well as studio total goals.

Acts as brand ambassador for community engagement, lead generation, civil networking,

and collaboration.

As a Head Instructor, You Have:

Managerial and operations experience

An enthusiastic, personable, and friendly disposition

A passion for health and wellness

A "teamwork makes the dreamwork" attitude

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

A current/active fitness certification from an education company approved by KickHouse

Specific job duties and selection requirements vary between KickHouse studio locations. The studio's Hiring Manager can provide more details if you are selected to proceed with the interview process.

Acknowledgment

I understand that I am applying for a position with an employer that is independently owned and operated by a KickHouse franchisee, not the franchisor, KickHouse Fitness LLC or any of its affiliates.

With respect to any position with a franchisee, I understand and agree that any information I provide in this application will be submitted directly to the independent franchisee, who is solely responsible for all employment-related matters in their studio. This means, among other things, that the independent franchisee is solely responsible for and unilaterally makes all decisions concerning my employment, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervision, staffing, and scheduling. KickHouse Fitness LLC will not receive a copy of my application, will have no control over whether I receive an interview and/or am ultimately hired, does not control and is not responsible for the employment policies and practices of independent franchisees and does not employ independent franchisee's employees. If I am hired to work at an independent franchisee's studio, the independent franchisee, and not KickHouse Fitness LLC, will be my employer. By submitting my application and resume, I am confirming that I am agreeing and consenting to the foregoing.

Date Posted: 08 May 2025
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