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Team roles

Give your team exactly the access their job needs. Contractors see one client, account leads see their book, and billing stays with the people who own it.

5 min readUpdated 24 Jul 2026Owner or admin

Team members work inside your workspace; client contacts only ever see portals. The two are separate systems, so a teammate can never be accidentally exposed as a client user.

01

The roles

Four roles cover almost every agency structure. Permissions are cumulative — each role includes everything below it.

Owner

Everything, plus billing, plan changes, domains, and workspace deletion. One owner at a time.

Admin

All clients, portals, invoices, branding, and team management. No plan or workspace deletion.

Member

Projects, tasks, files, and feedback on the clients they're assigned to. No invoice sending by default.

Contractor

Assigned projects and tasks only. No client list, no billing, no portal settings.

Permission matrix
Send invoicesOwner · Admin
Edit branding and domainsOwner · Admin
Invite client contactsOwner · Admin · Member
Comment on tasksAll roles
View revenue reportingOwner · Admin
02

Invite a teammate

Add people from Settings → Team. Pick the role first, then choose which clients they can reach.

Invite teammate
Emailalex@northlight.co
RoleMember
Client access3 of 14 clients
Invoice permissionOff
  • Invites expire after 14 days
  • Seats are counted per active teammate, not per invite
  • Change a role at any time without re-inviting
03

Scope access to clients

Members and contractors see only the clients you assign. Everything else — including the client list itself — is hidden from their navigation.

Alex Lyle · access
Meridian Coffee Co.Full project access
Harbourline LtdFull project access
Old Mill BakeryRead only
All other clientsNo access
Assignment is enoughAssigning someone a task on a project grants access to that project automatically — you don't need to manage both lists.
04

Contractors and freelancers

Contractors get a deliberately narrow view: their tasks, the files attached to them, and the internal threads they're mentioned in. Nothing commercial.

  • No access to invoices, revenue, or client billing details
  • Cannot invite client contacts or change portal settings
  • Internal notes are visible only where they're @mentioned
  • Access ends the moment you remove them from the project
Watch client-visible repliesContractors can post client-visible comments on projects they're assigned to. If you'd rather they didn't, keep them on internal-only threads.
05

Offboarding and ownership transfer

Removing someone revokes access immediately but keeps their work history intact. Reassign their open tasks first so nothing goes quietly unowned.

Remove teammate
Open tasks7 · reassign
Files uploadedRetained
Comments and approvalsRetained
SessionsEnded immediately
  • Transfer ownership before the owner leaves the agency
  • Removed teammates free their seat on the next billing cycle
  • Re-inviting someone restores their history

Ready to launch your client portal?

Spin up a branded workspace, invite your first client, and keep every project, file, and invoice in one place.

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