> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.getatelier.design/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Team and roles

> Everyone in your studio, what they do, and what they can see — two separate settings that are easy to confuse.

**Settings → Team** lists everyone in the studio, their role and rate,
and who still has a pending invite.

## Role and access are two different things

Every member has both, and they do unrelated jobs.

|             | Role                         | Access                         |
| ----------- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Answers     | What they *do*               | What they can *see*            |
| Example     | Lead Designer                | Admin                          |
| Used for    | Assignment, rates, reporting | Permissions                    |
| Changing it | Doesn't affect permissions   | Doesn't affect their job title |

Making someone a **Design Director** does not give them access to
finances. Making someone an **Admin** does not mean they run projects.

### Roles

**Principal · Design Director · Lead Designer · Senior Designer ·
Interior Designer · Junior Designer · Design Assistant · Project Manager
· Procurement Manager · Drafter (CAD) · Studio Manager · Bookkeeper ·
Marketing**

Or **— No role —**, fine for a two-person studio where everyone does
everything.

### Access levels

| Level      | Sees                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Owner**  | Everything, including billing. One per studio.                                                                                                              |
| **Admin**  | Everything operational — projects, schedules, costs, finance.                                                                                               |
| **Member** | Everything *except* what you have restricted in **Member access** on Studio settings: project budgets, schedule costs and margins, and the Finance section. |

<Info>
  The Member restrictions are set once, studio-wide — not per person. If
  you need one member to see costs and another not to, that is not
  something roles can express today; the honest workaround is to make the
  one who needs costs an Admin.
</Info>

## Inviting someone

<Steps>
  <Step title="Invite them">
    Their email address is all you need.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the access level">
    Start at **Member**. Easier to widen access than to explain why
    someone saw a margin they shouldn't have.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the role">
    So assignment and reporting mean something.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check what Member sees">
    Open Studio settings → Member access and decide about budgets, costs
    and the Finance section before the person logs in, not after.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  If freelancers or contractors work in your studio, set Member access
  first and invite second. The default is generous.
</Tip>