My manager — not a creative, because I work in-house — wants my next title to be “Senior Creative, Copy” instead of the expected “Senior Copywriter.” On one hand, it makes sense because on our small team I’m doing everything from art directing on set and producing shoots to articulating brand strategy. On the other, will a less standard title affect my job prospects elsewhere?

And miss me with the “title doesn’t matter” line. The only people who say that already have fancy titles.

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I’d just refer to myself as “senior copywriter” on LinkedIn since that seems to be the role anyway.

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Yeah I wouldn’t worry about the official title HR has on file for you, no one will care about it. Call yourself a “senior copywriter” on LinkedIn or whatever and call it good.

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Señor Creative always worked for me.

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I took an in house title of "Creative lead, copy"

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It took me months of politely reminding the marketing folks that “creative” didn’t just refer to the images in the boxes on Facebook. But they’ve come a long way since then.

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You should go for Creative Senior, Copy!

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How about “Senior Head of Voice Editorial Creative Copywriter” as your new title?

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Senior head lol

Dude, don’t be a robot. This is why people don’t advance in their careers. They stay put like a robot waiting for things to unfold by the book.

Take the title, go to linkedin, change it to sr cw and that’s it. Continue to sell yourself as an agency creative that is in-house. Not as an in-house creative because you decided to box yourself in.

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It won’t matter. Promise.

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You really seem to not like any of our answers

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You could add a slash after your official title and put Senior Copywriter.

Or put your official title and write “aka Senior Copywriter “

You can work it in somehow.

Couldn’t you just tell your boss that you prefer “Senior Copywriter”? Not sure why they’d care.

I don’t think the con is the title itself, but the fact that you might not come up in searches if someone searches for “senior copywriters”

But like everyone is saying. Your title internally doesn’t have to match your LinkedIn title.

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Make your own title, it will never effectively matter. Even if future employer comes back with questions during verification it’s an easy answer to explain and your duties are still the same. Save the fight for something more important

Whatever path you choose, Sr. Copywriter or Sr. Creative Copy, just make sure to add “to the Stars” at the end. You can go anywhere you want with that title.

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