As I work with different organisations I am regularly surprised by the job title some people have. Having always been taught that a job title should indicate what that person does, I often find myself having to ask what the person actually does. Here are a few examples:

Head Gorilla – Managing Director of a company which provides high level rope traverses, often involving swinging from tree to tree.

Cultural Architect – described by the Company as “leaders without authority”, these people monitor and score staff attitudes, energy and morale on a monthly basis.

Chief Inspiration Officer – a company representative whose role is essentially to encourage ‘belief in the company’ and ‘internal evangelism of its values’.

Beverage Dissemination Officer – Bartender.

Digital Overlord – Website Manager.

Retail Jedi – Shop Assistant.

Wizard of Light Bulb Moments – Marketing Director.

Chief Chatter – Call Centre Manager.

Digital Dynamo – Digital Marketing Executive.

Direct Mail Demi-God – Direct Mail Manager.

Dream Alchemist – Head of Creativity.

Light Bender – Someone who is responsible for the high-tech, precision job of making neon lights.

Associate to the Executive Manager of Marketeering and Conservation efforts – Marketing Assistant.

Pneumatic device and machine optimiser – Factory Worker.

Brand Evangelist – Marketing Brand Manager.

Conversely, I often come across people actively performing roles that have no titles such as:

Irrelevant Projects Officer

Office Politics Manager

Director of Strategic Uncertainty

Head of Unequal and Unavailable Opportunities