Top 21 rejected social media job titles

Gurus and ninjas and rock stars, oh my.

I’m not sure what it is about social media that attracts so many colorful job titles. Maybe it’s viewed as something “young people” use, and the head honchos think all us Gen Yers still love to play pretend in the backyard. Or maybe social media’s a domain where all the head honchos are Gen Yers and really do still love to play pretend in the backyard.

Either way, it’s not as easy as you might think to come up with flashy new appellations. You’ve got to strike a careful balance—hip and imaginative, yet credible and professional. Also, you want to avoid any insinuation that your job description involves murdering your clients. (I’m looking at you, “social media assassins.”)

With that in mind, here are 21 business cards you shouldn’t print anytime soon:

21. Community Management Mogul

20. Hashtag Viking

19. SEO Leftenant

18. Reddit Ronin

17. Grand Moff LinkedIn

16. Content Commandant

15. ROI Maestro

14. GetGlue Viceroy

13. Khal YouTube

12. StumbleUpon Stevedore

11. Social Channel Sous Chef

10. Foursquare Conquistador

9. Green Lantern of Social Media Sector 2814

8. Pinterest Admiral

7. Tumblr Dungeonmaster

6. Caesar Googleplustus

5. Sultan of Ping

4. Paladin of Metrics

3. Blog Rawk Gawd

2. Dowager Countess of Facebook

1. Pharaoh Ptwitter IV

–Adapted from a post originally written for Vodori.com.

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