Assign organization permissions

  • Jul 27, 2026
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  Article updated: July 24, 2026

Assign organization permissions

Organization permissions determine who has access to manage the organization. For example, who in your organization manages the organization profile, the vanity URLs, and the organization members and teams.

Not familiar with Hootsuite organizations? See Overview of organizations, teams, and permissions.

Assign organization permissions to your members

You must be a Super Admin, Admin, or a member with the custom organization permission Manage organization permissions to assign organization permissions. Learn more about custom permissions.

Follow the instructions for your plan. If you don't know what plan you have, go to Hootsuite and select Account - you'll find it below your name.

Standard, Team, Advanced, and Enterprise plan members

  1. Go to Account, and then select Social accounts and teams.
  2. Select Members (you may have to expand the left navigation to see this option) to view members and set their organization permissions. Advanced plan members can set custom permissions (see Overview of custom permissions).
    Sample member in an organization showing organization permissions available.

Each organization permission level can do the following:

Organization permissions by role
Organization permissionSuper AdminAdminView only
Manage the organization profile✓
Create and manage vanity URLs✓
Add and manage members, teams, and social accounts✓✓
Assign organization permissions to other members✓✓
Create and manage organization link settings and shorteners✓✓
Create and manage content campaigns (Advanced plans) ✓✓
Assign social account and Inbox permissions✓✓
Create and manage content library and tag library assets for the organization (Standard, Advanced)✓✓
View details for teams they are a member of✓✓✓
View the social accounts and teams they have access to✓✓✓

Business plan members

  1. Go to Account , and then select Social accounts and teams.
  2. Select Manage.
    A sample organization with Manage highlighted.
  3. Point to a team member, select Settings, and then select Manage permissions.
    Members in a sample organization with settings options displayed.
  4. On the Permissions tab, select the Organization permissions for the member. To assign custom permissions, select Custom, select each setting the member is allowed to manage, and then select Save. Point to Information for details on each setting. Learn more about custom permissions.
    Custom organization permissions.
Organization permissions by role
Organization permissionsSuper adminAdminDefault
Manage the organization profile✓
Create and manage vanity URLs✓
Create and manage organization link settings and shorteners✓✓
Add and manage members, teams, and social accounts✓✓
Assign organization permissions to other members✓✓
Create and manage content library and tag library assets for the organization✓✓
Create and manage content campaigns✓✓
Assign social account and Inbox permissions✓✓
View details for teams they are a member of✓✓✓
View the social accounts and teams they have access to✓✓✓

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Assign organization permissions
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