You’ve probably come across some of the most traditional job titles at one time or another.
You know…Chief Operating Officer, Marketing Manager, Business Owner, Software Developer, and the sorts.
But how about some of the weirdest job titles out there?
And when we say weird, we mean “even-recruiters-are-smiling-at-these” weird.
People can get pretty imaginative when they’re describing their job titles, so we thought we’d list some of the weirdest job titles found on the internet!
#1. Weirdest Job Titles in IT
If you ever thought IT was all about numbers and science, the wordplay in these IT titles is bound to prove you wrong:
- Technical Evangelist, a person responsible for hyping up specific technologies and/or brands
- Scrum Master, Scrum development team member
- Director of Spam Reception, meaning Spam Data Engineer
- Chief Power Plugs & Patches Officer, another word for Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Chief Geek, also CTO
- Computational Wizard, Informational Technology (IT) professional
- Director, Ethical Hacking (White Hat Hacker), as seen at Predictive Systems, Inc.
- Dr. Fix, someone working at an IT Helpdesk
- Electromagnetic Wrangler Extraordinaire, for IT professional
- Emperor of Bit-Land, for CTO
- Head Unicorn Wrangler, for CTO
- Interwebs Mechanic, a weird title for Webmaster
- King of Signals, used by someone in General IT
- Logic Gate, aka Operator
- Lord of All Things Technical, CTO
- Mass Bit Manipulator, IT Manager
- Mr. Computer, which was spotted at an IT Helpdesk employee
- Paranoid-in-Chief, Chief Information Security Officer at Yahoo
19. Professional Technology Manipulator, IT Manager
20. Security Princess, Google’s Director of Engineering
21. Señor System Administrator, System Administrator
22. Software Ninjaneer, Software Engineer
23. Tech Monkey, Tech Support Analyst
24. Techno-Bull, General IT
25. Wiz Kid, Webmaster
#2. Weirdest Job Titles for Social/Digital Media
- Social Media Trailblaze, for Digital Marketing Executives
- Digital Dynamo, Digital Marketing Executive
- Conversation Architect, Digital Marketing Manager
- New Media Guru, Digital Marketing Manager
- Digital Sorcery/Sorceress, for Social Media Manager
- Dynamic Social Integrator, for Social Media Specialist
- Social Inventor, Social Media Manager
- Social Mediaholic, for Social Media Coordinator
- Community Wizard, for Community Manager)
- Conversation Manager, for Social Media Specialist
- Digital Overlord, for Web Site Manager
- Digital Prophet, for Market Researcher
- Social Media Engager, for Community Manager
- Social Media Sith Lord, for Social Media Manager
- Social Media Composer, for Social Media Specialist
- Social Sensei, for Social Media Manager
- Social Solutionist, for Social Media Specialist
- Social Visionary, for Social Media Executive
- Tweeter, for Twitter Manager
- Head of PR and Other Fun Stuff, for PR Director
#3. Weirdest Executive Job Titles
- Dream Alchemist, or Head of Creative
- Chief Digital Evangelist, Chief Digital Officer (CD) as used by Salesforce's Vala Afshar
- Chief Cheerleader, or Chief Executive Officer, as used by Mid America Motorworks
- Chief Ego Operator, for any executive position.
- Chief Future Officer or Chief Futurist, a creative way of describing an executive who guides the company’s future.
- Bootylicious Boss, or CEO
- Boss Lady, or CEO
- Chief Amazement Officer, for Founder, used by Shephard Presentations, LLC
- Head Cheese, for CEO
- Head Honcho, for CEO
- Chief Guru, any executive
- Chief Happiness Officer, 72 LinkedIn companies, including Google, have a Chief Happiness Officer
- Chief Happiness Slayer, for any executive
- Chief Heart Officer, for HR executive
- Chief Listener, for CEO
- Chief Ninja, for CEO
- Chief Pillow Officer as used by the CEO of Pillowpacker Inflatable Travel Pillows
- Chief PlayMonster as used by the CEO of PlayMonster LLC
- Chief Play Officer, the chief of testing toys at ToysRus
- Chief Troublemaker as used by the CEO of Matrix Group
- Dr. No, or Chief Finance Officer (CFO)
- Head of Out of Touch, for any executive
- Master of Coin, as used by Tesla’s CFO Zack Kirkhorn
- President and TeaEO, the CEO of Honest Tea
- Technoking of Tesla, as used by Tesla’s co-founder and CEO Elon Musk
- Chief Inspiration Officer, or Head of Operations
- Chief Rockstar or Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Chief of Other Stuff No One Wants to Take Care Of or COO
- Chief Obedience Officer or COO
- Culture Operations Manager or HR Officer
- People Operations Generalist, Operations Manager, as used by JUUL Labs
#4. Weirdest Job Titles in Management
- Direct Mail Demi-God, for Direct Mail Manager
- Part-time Czar, for Assistant Manager
- Accounting Manager, for Financial Manager
- Director of First Impressions, for Office Manager
- Herder of Helpless People, for Office Manager
- Manager of Codependence, for Assistant Manager
- Captain Under-Appreciated, for Office Manager
- Master of Disaster, for Crisis Manager
- Mass Bit Manipulator, for IT Manager
- Chief Chatter, or Call Centre Manager
- Meeting Getter, for Business Development Manager
- Money Maestro, for Accounting Manager
- Professional Technology Manipulator, for IT Manager
- Toilet Paper Messiah, for Office Manager
- Vibe Manager, for Administrative Assistant
#5. Weirdest Job Titles in Software Development
- Code Monkey, Software Developer
- The Lonely Coder, Code Developer
- Brogrammer, or a masculine Software Developer
- Codeling, Software Developer
- Full Stack Magician, Full Stack Developer
- Full Stack Pancake, Full Stack Developer
- Guru, or Developer
- Hacker, or General Developer
- Kick-Ass Developer, or Developer
- Lead Code Wizard, or Lead Developer
- Ninja, for Developer
- Random Engineer - Quora’s Software Developer used this
- Rockstar, or Developer
- Ruby on Rails SCAP (Super Crazy Awesome Programmer), a Ruby on Rails Developer
- Software Ninjaneer, or Software Developer
#6. Weirdest Job Titles in HR
- Champion of Office Happiness, for HR Director
- Chief Happiness Officer, for Head of HR
- Chief Heart Officer, or HR Manager
- Chief People Pleaser, Head of HR)
- Culture & Geek Resource Manager, or HR Manager
- Director of Attracting Talent, or Director of Talent Acquisition
- People Champion, for the Head of HR
- Rockstar Recruiter, a creative way of saying a Recruiter
- Senior VP of People Operations, for Head of HR, as coined by Laszlo Bock
- Vibe Manager & Head of all things Awesome, for Head of HR
#7. Weirdest Job Titles in Customer Service
- Geek Squad Agent is how Best Buy calls its Customer Service Agents
- Genius (Customer Service Person), Apple’s description of Customer Service Assistants
- Happiness Hero, or Customer Service Representatives at Buffer
- Head of Customer Wow, or Head of Customer Service
- People Partner, or Head of Customer Service
- Actions and Repercussions Adviser, or Customer Service Manager
- Multifunctional Assistant, or Customer Service Assistant
#8. Weirdest Job Titles in Sales
- Galactic Travel Agent, or Travel Agent for the world’s first space tourism business
- Cast Member, or Retail Sales Associate for Sephora
- Guide, a Retail Sales Associate for Origins
- Head of “Show me the Money!”, aka Sales Rep
- Lead Door Knocker, or Outbound Sales Rep
- Master Handshaker, or Sales Rep
- Muse, or Retail Sales Associate for Kate Spade
- Rainmaker, for someone working in Sales
- Sales Rockstar, or Sales Representative
- VP of ABC (“Always Be Closing”) or VP of Sales Team
#9. Weirdest Job Titles in Marketing
- Wizard of Light Bulb Moments, for Marketing Director
- Ambassador of Buzz, for Corporate Communications Associate
- Aspiring Novelist, for Copywriter/Copy Editor
- Colon Lover, for Copywriter
- Conversion Optimization Wrangler, for Marketing Analyst
- Copy Cruncher, for Copywriter
- Digital Dynamo, for Digital Marketing Executive
- Direct Marketing Demi-God, for Direct Marketing Account Manager
- Director of Fun, for Director of Marketing
- Director of Storytelling, Copywriter, or Marketing Director
- Editor Extraordinaire, Copywriter, or Copy Editor
- Grammar Fascist, for Copywriter/Editor
- Head of Growth, or Head of Customer Acquisition
- Marketing Rockstar, anyone in a General Marketing Position
- Oxford Comma Destroyer, for Copywriter or Copy Editor
- Punctuation Prodigy, for Copywriter or Copy Editor
- Rockstar Copywriter, for Copywriter
- Brand Warrior, for Brand Manager
#10. Weirdest Job Titles in Design
- Head of Quietly Judging, or Graphic Designer
- King of Sneakers, aka the Artist and Owner of King of Sneakers Footwear
- Arts and Crafts Designer, for Designer
- Clue Shredder, for Lead Game Designer
- Comic Sans Annihilator, for Graphic Designer
- Connoisseur of Pantone, for Graphic Designer
- Director of Kerning, for Graphic Designer
