July 16, 2014

Here’s a bit of a job ad found today in the jobs section of The Washington Post from Callahan & Associates.

It may be the best job title ever.

Content Shepherd.

· If our writer’s room was a NASCAR team, then this position would be the pit crew chief.

· If our writer’s room was the Avengers, then this position would be Captain America.

· If our writer’s room was a restaurant kitchen, then this position would be the sous-chef.

· If you get any of those three references, then you’re probably pretty cool to work with 🙂

It sounds like Callahan & Associates produces content for credit unions. They want applicants with a journalism degree, and mostly this job sounds like an editor, “overseeing writing assignments and guiding completed content out to our audience.” But Content Shepherd is a much better title.

This is a Yemeni shepherd, not a Content Shepherd.  (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

This is a Yemeni shepherd, not a Content Shepherd. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

h/t Rebecca J. Ritzel

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