# Creating a new team member to manage linked companies

## Introduction

If you are a multi-company profile user with [permission to manage another linked company](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/managing-team-members-and-users-for-multi-company-profiles/working-with-your-team-members/granting-and-revoking-permission-for-an-existing-team-member-to-manage-a-linked-company.md), you can add new team members to your own company profile. Once a user is added you can (if required) go on to [grant them permission to manage other companies](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/managing-team-members-and-users-for-multi-company-profiles/working-with-your-team-members/granting-and-revoking-permission-for-an-existing-team-member-to-manage-a-linked-company.md). 

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For a new user to manage linked companies, they must be assigned the `manager` role. To set this role, your own user account must be associated with the [administrator role](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-summary.md#how-are-roles-assigned-to-users).
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## The steps

**Step 1**\
[Access team members for your own company profile](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/managing-team-members-and-users-for-multi-company-profiles/working-with-your-team-members/viewing-team-members-for-your-own-multi-company-profile.md).

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You must be logged in with an administrator account to complete these steps.
{% endhint %}

**Step 2**\
Click the **create user** button:

<figure><img src="/files/PcJPZg7Zw8jq8ReiNcUr" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Step 3**\
Enter the person's name and email address:

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The email address provided here is used to log into the Patchworks dashboard.
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**Step 4**\
Click the **save** button. The user account is saved and an email is sent to the given address, with a link for the user to set their password.

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A password must be used with the user's email address in order to log into the Patchworks dashboard.
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**Step 5**\
The user **roles** tab is displayed and you'll see that the new account is created - by default, new accounts are created with a **user** role:

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Permission to manage other companies can only be granted for team members with a **manager** role, so you need to assign this role now.

**Step 6**\
Click the **assign role** button against the **manager** role:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/BF0VyGbG6iKO7okegqAM" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

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If your user account isn't associated with an [administrator role](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/roles-and-permissions-summary.md#how-are-roles-assigned-to-users), you won't be able to make this change.
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**Step 7**\
Click the **remove role** button for the **user** role:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/blobBUnSr5uo6s0J0zPT" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

**Step 8**\
When prompted, confirm this change.

**Step 9**\
Save changes.

**Step 10**\
If required, you can now go on to [grant this user access to manage any companies that you currently manage](/product-documentation/users-roles-and-permissions/managing-team-members-and-users-for-multi-company-profiles/working-with-your-team-members/granting-and-revoking-permission-for-an-existing-team-member-to-manage-a-linked-company.md).


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