Roles and permissions in Adobe Express for Enterprise

Last updated on Dec 11, 2025

Adobe Express roles and permissions help organizations collaborate effectively, maintain brand consistency, and streamline workflows. By assigning specific roles and permissions, Enterprise admins can ensure the right level of access for every team member. 

Before you begin:
  • System Admins and Product Admins can set up and manage Adobe Express roles and permissions through Admin Console. If you need any changes to your role or permissions, contact your admin.
  • System Admins and Product Admins can update roles at any time to reflect changing responsibilities.
  • All users in your organization belong to the Member role. Certain capabilities, such as creating or editing templates and publishing to social media, can be disabled at the Member level. System Admins should work with their business counterparts to define the level of control required for users of Adobe Express.

Types of Adobe Express manager roles

System Admins can assign roles to your team members to provide them with the appropriate privileges. Managers can view their capabilities within the Manager Hub when they log in to Adobe Express. You’ll find the available roles and their capabilities listed below. 

Roles

Capabilities

Adobe Express application manager

Customize the Adobe Express homepage experience for your organization, including:

  • Setting custom banners
  • Featuring company templates
  • Manage visibility of Adobe stock templates

Adobe Express template manager

Create and edit templates for your organization, including:

  • Creating templates 
  • Editing templates
  • Overriding the following template lock restrictions:
    • Users can unlock layers if needed
    • Users with a passphrase can unlock layers if needed
    • No users can unlock layers

Note: Project permissions always take priority. If someone only has view access to a project, they cannot edit it, even if they are a template manager.

Adobe Express social publishing manager

Publish content to social media from Adobe Express, including:

  • Publishing to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and X
  • Planning and scheduling content in advance

View roles and settings

You can view your roles and settings in Manager Hub via your account menu. This opens the manager settings page, which provides an overview of all Adobe Express manager roles and their capabilities. My role outlines your responsibilities within the organization and includes details of your specific capabilities. To access application settings, select View settings on your role card.

If your organization allows all Members to perform certain capabilities, this information will appear as a Note on the role card.

Adobe Express manager settings screen.

A: My role: Displays your assigned manager role within the organization.
B: Capabilities: Lists the actions and permissions available for your role.
C: View settings: Opens settings for further configuration.
D: Note: Indicates if other organization members can perform certain actions.