new job title: editor+flash/web

December 14, 2005 3:59 PM

Job title: editor to ____ ? I work with an online publishing company and I started out as a editor/production editor. Recently, I've started to learn Flash and more HTML, and basically the goal is to add more multimedia/design to my role. They want to create a new job title/position for me. (I work on a team of SMEs and instructional designers, and there's one multimedia developer that works with us a few times a year.) What job title should I recommend/ask for? If you can't tell, my boss isn't particularly tech-savvy or that knowledgable about the field.
posted by ejaned8 to work & money (3 comments total)

At my job, sounds like you would be an IP (interactive producer) or multimedia producer.
posted by GaelFC at 4:26 PM on December 14, 2005

I don't know if this guy knows, but this says that Producer is too ambiguous: (and that you need a title that's clear to the higher-ups) ... These include Web producer and information architect.

Doffing expresses skepticism about the Web producer title. "They couldn't code, they couldn't sell, and they just sort of orchestrated the process," he says. "They're content editors. I would bet that nine out of 10 people who held the title of Web producer no longer hold it."
As for information architects -- often user-interface experts involved in determining how Web sites are organized -- companies may no longer see a pressing need for such expertise. In fact, these ambiguous titles -- unfamiliar to CEOs and other higher-ups -- may play a role in who suffers from layoffs, Claus suggests: "If they can't figure out what you do, are you more likely to be cut?" ...
posted by amberglow at 4:48 PM on December 14, 2005

thanks, my boss originally suggested "multimedia technologist" which made me cringe in horror. web/flash designer seems to be the most used in craigslist right now. there's also possibly something along the lines of 'junior multimedia developer' b\c then the higher-ups might recognize that it's a 'still learning' version of someone on staff that they know.
posted by ejaned8 at 5:57 PM on December 14, 2005