Job titles
Academic titles
Retain German academic titles:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Johanna Schmidt
If referring to a person several times in continuous text, retain original title for first mention and shorten to “Prof. Johanna Schmidt” or “Professor Johanna Schmidt” in rest of text.
Administrative and job titles
In flowing text
Upper case if part of name:
President Obama
Pope Francis
Detective Inspector Morris
Otherwise lower case:
Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, gave a speech today to students in the Faculty of Education.
Gwendolen Fairfax is chief high society correspondent for Vogue.
Stand-alone
Upper case if stand-alone (business cards, contact boxes, addresses etc.):
Johanna Stranz
Program Coordinator
Universität Hamburg