the job title

[zoran]

When a graphic designer is working in-house for a company and is responsible for companie's promo/ads/corp profile etc. what would the designer's job title be?

 

[eyoungren]

Does your position carry any sort of authority over other workers?

 

[zoran]

In the beggining I was alone, but after some time juniors came along

 

[kohlson]

Most big companies have a list of acceptable job titles, and their responsibilities, qualifications, and reporting hierarchy. If that's not the case here, as a co-worker once told me, "you want the title that pays the bonus." Depending, it could be Creative/Marketing Manager/Director/VP. Any of these can be qualified with "assistant," "associate," "group," and so on.

 

[eyoungren]

In the beggining I was alone, but after some time juniors came along

I was once titled a Senior Graphic Designer…

 

[zoran]

I was once titled a Senior Graphic Designer…

And after that... what?

 

[960design]

Most big companies have a list of acceptable job titles, and their responsibilities, qualifications, and reporting hierarchy. If that's not the case here, as a co-worker once told me, "you want the title that pays the bonus." Depending, it could be Creative/Marketing Manager/Director/VP. Any of these can be qualified with "assistant," "associate," "group," and so on.

I agree... research job titles that pay the most outside of your current place of employment.

For example:
A 'programmer' title makes $70k, a senior software engineer makes $90k. It will not matter in your current job, but in a future job offer the $20k difference could be the game changer.

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Graphic_Designer/Salary

 

[DeltaMac]

If the junior cook and bottle washer (JCBW) can convince the boss that the "JCBW" position provides more value to the company --- entitling the JCBW to more money, I think you should go for it.
(Ask for more money, despite the job title)

OR - you can be thankful for your title promotion to Chief Cook and Bottle Washer - no more money, of course --- but look at that great job title

 

[eyoungren]

And after that... what?

That job lasted about a month before I realized why the person I had replaced left so abruptly.

The job I took after that had all of the same responsibilities and duties and it was stated that I ran the department (of which there was two people, me and my coworker). But I had no title.

In 2013 I'd finally had enough of the Ad Manager and decided to leave. My boss really wanted to keep me so he agreed to give me the title of Composing Manager.

This put me on equal status with the Ad Manager, who had to stop treating me like a five year old who could not read at that point. It gave me the authority behind my responsibilities.

Ultimately, the Ad Manager screwed herself and lost her title. She is simply an Ad Rep now.

So currently, Composing Manager is my title.

I manage myself, a department of one person for a newspaper employing 10 people, two of whom are the boss and his brother (Business Manager).

 

[lucidmedia]

Most big companies have a list of acceptable job titles, and their responsibilities, qualifications, and reporting hierarchy. If that's not the case here, as a co-worker once told me, "you want the title that pays the bonus." Depending, it could be Creative/Marketing Manager/Director/VP. Any of these can be qualified with "assistant," "associate," "group," and so on.

I generally agree, but be realistic and in scale. If you apply for a "creative director" role and don't have the work or the years of experience to back it up, your resume will go straight to the trash bin. When I am evaluating resume's job titles come secondary to:

1. where you were working last
2. what your responsibilities were
3. the portfolio of work

 

[zoran]

I agree, i'm just trying to perfection a resume's image by setting the appropriate title. Imagine one having the experience of a creative director but enters a job title like "graphic designer"