Permissions to create or sponsor ads

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To create new ads or to sponsor organic posts from your LinkedIn Page, you need an ad account in Campaign Manager that you associate with the corresponding Page. Then you’ll need the correct permissions on your ad account and the Page. 

Required ad account permissions 

The level of access you need on the ad account depends on who creates the campaign: 

  • If you need to create both campaigns and ads, you must be assigned the role of campaign manager, account manager, or billing admin.   
  • If you only need to create or edit ads in an existing campaign, you must be assigned the role of creative manager, campaign manager, account manager, or billing admin.  

How someone is added to an ad account varies depending on if you have Business Manager: 

  • If your ad account has been claimed by a Business Manager, a Business Manager admin will need to provide you with the appropriate permissions.
  • If your ad account hasn’t been claimed by a Business Manager, an account manager from the ad account can provide the appropriate permissions in Campaign Manager.

Required LinkedIn Page permissions 

Page permissions can be granted in either Campaign Manager or Business Manager:  

  • If your Page has been claimed by a Business Manager, a Business Manager admin will need to provide you with the appropriate permissions.
  • If your Page hasn’t been claimed by a Business Manager, a Page super admin can provide the appropriate permissions from the Page’s settings.

The Page admin permissions you need depend on how you set up your ad or the actions you need to take, as shown in the following table. 

How you set up your ad  Campaign objective Ad format Super admin or content admin Super admin, content admin, or Sponsored Content poster
Create new ad in Campaign Manager All    ✓
Sponsor organic post from your Page with changes All Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad  
Send request to sponsor organic posts as thought leader ads Brand awareness, Engagement Single image ad and video ad  
Sponsor organic post from your Page with no changes to the body of the post Brand awareness Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad    ✓
Website visits Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad ✓ (only for video ad)  ✓ (only for single image ad, event ad, and document ad)
Engagement  Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad ✓ (only for video ad) ✓ (only for single image ad, event ad, and document ad)
Video views Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad    ✓
Lead generation Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad    ✓
Website conversions Single image ad, video ad, event ad, and document ad ✓ (only for video ad) ✓ (only for single image ad, event ad, and document ad)

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Changes to a sponsored organic post include adding a call-to-action, headline, or URL.

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