Customize a member role

Adjust permissions on a built-in role, or create a custom role with its own permission set.

When you’d do this

The built-in Member role gives someone full read of all photos and only limited delete and move powers. You want a different mix. For example, a “Field Lead” role that can manage project access but cannot remove people from the team. Or you want to tighten Member so they can only view their own photos.

Timemark has three built-in roles, Owner, Admin, and Member, plus any custom roles you add. You can adjust the permissions on Admin and Member, or build a custom role from scratch. The Owner role is fixed and can’t be changed.

Role permission sets are configured only in Teamspace on the web. The Timemark App shows each member’s role read-only. You can’t edit role permissions from a phone.

What you need

Role: Team Owner
Surface: Web
Plan: Free · Business
Affects: All members assigned to the role you edit. Takes effect immediately

Steps: edit a built-in role (Admin or Member)

Go to Settings → Members & Access.
Expand the 3 Roles (Permission group) section.
Click Edit Role at the bottom of the Admin or Member card.
Toggle individual permissions in the PHOTOS, PROJECTS, and TEAM categories.
Click Save.

The Team Owner card shows “Owner permissions cannot be modified”. You cannot weaken or strengthen the Owner role.

Steps: create a custom role

Go to Settings → Members & Access.
Scroll down to the Custom Roles section.
Click + Add Role.
Name the role, for example Field Lead or Read-only auditor.
Toggle the permissions you want this role to have.
Click Save.

The new role appears in the Invite as dropdown when you invite a member, and in the per-member role picker.

Permission categories

Category	Permissions	Possible values
PHOTOS	Delete photos / Move photos / View photos / Download Photos	All Photos (all team photos) / Own only (only photos this member captured) / Deny (no access)
PROJECTS	Create Project / Edit Project / Delete Project / Manage project access	On / Off
TEAM	Invite people to team / Remove people from team	On / Off

Default role permissions (out of the box)

Permission	Team Owner	Admin	Member
Delete / Move photos	All Photos	All Photos	Own only
View / Download photos	All Photos	All Photos	All Photos
Create / Edit project	Yes	Yes	Yes
Delete project / Manage project access	Yes	Yes	No
Invite / Remove team people	Yes	Yes	No

Common pitfalls

A role marked “Customized” has been edited from defaults. Other Owners reviewing your team should know what changed, so document the rationale outside the product (for example, in a wiki).
Tightening Member to “Own only” View prevents Members from seeing each other’s photos. Field coordinators may need a different role.
Deleting a custom role while members are assigned to it forces a reassignment. Teamspace prompts you. Plan the migration before clicking delete.