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# Manage Roles and Permissions

> Choose among the six workspace roles and understand their operational boundaries.

## What you'll accomplish

You will select the correct role for each team member and understand safeguards around Owners, publishing, Screens, Queue operations, and monitoring.

## The six workspace roles

| Capability                             | Owner | Admin | Content Creator | Publisher | Operator | Viewer |
| -------------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | --------------- | --------- | -------- | ------ |
| Manage workspace and members           | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | —        | —      |
| Delete workspace or transfer ownership | Yes   | No    | —               | —         | —        | —      |
| Manage billing                         | Yes   | No    | —               | —         | —        | —      |
| Create and edit content                | Yes   | Yes   | Yes             | Yes       | —        | —      |
| Delete content or Playlists            | Yes   | Yes   | No              | No        | —        | —      |
| Request publishing                     | Yes   | Yes   | Yes             | Yes       | —        | —      |
| Approve and execute publishing         | Yes   | Yes   | No              | Yes       | —        | —      |
| Manage Schedules and launch Campaigns  | Yes   | Yes   | No              | Yes       | —        | —      |
| Pair Screens                           | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | Yes      | —      |
| Manage Screen configuration            | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | No       | —      |
| Operate Queue tickets                  | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | Yes      | —      |
| Manage Queue configuration             | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | No       | —      |
| Manage monitoring issues               | Yes   | Yes   | —               | —         | Yes      | —      |
| Read workspace data                    | Yes   | Yes   | Scoped          | Scoped    | Scoped   | Yes    |

## Role intent

* **Owner** has every permission and is the only role that can manage billing, delete a workspace, or transfer ownership.
* **Admin** has all operational permissions except those three Owner-only actions.
* **Content Creator** builds content and can request publishing, but cannot approve or execute it.
* **Publisher** combines content work with review, publishing, Schedules, and Campaign execution.
* **Operator** works in the field: Queue lifecycle, Monitoring, and Screen pairing. Operators cannot browse Studio, Library, Playlists, or Campaigns.
* **Viewer** has broad read-only access.

<Frame caption="Workspace Settings explains each role and keeps membership permissions scoped to the selected workspace.">
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## Change a member's role

1. Open **Settings → Members & Roles**.
2. Find the member.
3. Select **Change role**.
4. Choose the new role and review its description.
5. Select **Update role**.

<Frame caption="The role dialog explains Admin boundaries and blocks a change that would remove the last Owner.">
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/layarva/hwiHWc_xHWMO3Kmw/images/security/role-change.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hwiHWc_xHWMO3Kmw&q=85&s=e33c4de5add78c00808059024a289463" alt="Change Role dialog showing Admin permissions and the last Owner safeguard" width="1920" height="889" data-path="images/security/role-change.png" />
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## Owner safeguards

The last Owner cannot be demoted. Assigning another Owner requires the dedicated ownership-transfer flow; changing a normal role is not an ownership transfer.

## Publishing independence

When the workspace uses **Approval Required**, approval applies only to the exact requested source version. A reviewer cannot approve their own request, and approval for an older version does not approve a later edit.

## Related guides

* [Set Up Your Workspace](/getting-started/create-workspace)
* [Understand Publishing](/studio/publishing)
* [Monitor Operations](/monitoring/overview)