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