數字化時代催生了企業(yè)全新的管理職位，首席數字官就是其中之一。設立首席數字官的目的在于，幫助公司、政府組織或城市由傳統(tǒng)商務向電子商務轉型，從而尋求新的發(fā)展。

A Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is an individual who helps a company, a government organisation or a city drive growth by converting traditional "analog" businesses to digital ones, and oversees operations in the rapidly changing digital sectors like mobile applications, social media and related applications, virtual goods, as well as "wild" web-based information management and marketing.
首席數字官能夠幫助公司、政府組織或城市由傳統(tǒng)商務向電子商務轉型，負責監(jiān)管快速發(fā)展的數字化部門的運營，比如移動應用、社交媒體及相關應用、虛擬化產品，以及“瘋狂的”網絡信息管理及市場運行。

The CDO's responsibilities are to devise and execute social strategies that grow brand loyalty and advocacy on social networks.
首席數字官的職責包括設計出并執(zhí)行能夠發(fā)展品牌忠誠度、以及社交媒體支持率的社會策略。

According to a study by Gartner, a predicted 25% of businesses will have created and filled the Chief Digital Officer title by 2015.
根據美國高德納咨詢公司的調查，預計2015年底，有25%的公司設計首席數字官，并聘用相關人員。

（中國日報網英語點津 yaning）

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