Business Manager lets advertisers and agencies easily manage the employees and partners who work on their Pinterest account. Advertisers and agencies can use Business Manager to: 

  • Add employees and partners to their ad accounts 
  • View who has access to their account and what permissions they have 
  • Request access to an ad account
  • Create ad accounts
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    Business Manager uses a two-tiered permission system so you can control and view what access each of your employees and partners have. The first level is where you add employees or partners to your business account and assign them roles. The second level is where you assign permissions to give employees and partners specific levels of access to your ad accounts. 
    Manage employees

    Employees are individual people who work directly for your business. You can assign them roles as either employees or managers. Employees can only view and access ad accounts you assign them to. They cannot see details about other employees, external partners or other ad accounts. Managers have full control of roles and can add employees, external partners as well as grant ad account access.

    Add employees to Business Manager to give them access to your ad accounts, assign ad account permissions, view and edit permissions, manage roles and remove employees. To add an employee, they’ll need to have a Pinterest business account.
  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Employees in the left-side navigation.
  • Click Add employee.
  • Choose the role you want to assign to the person you’re adding.
  • Enter your employee’s business email. You can enter multiple email addresses at a time.
  • Click Add employees.
  • Click Assign ad accounts to assign permissions to the people you’ve added or click Maybe later if you want to do it later.
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    Alternatively, you can add employees by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account and clicking Assign employees.
  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager.
  • Click Employees in the left-side navigation.
  • Select one of your employees.
  • Click Assign accounts.
  • Select the ad account you want your employee to access from the list on the left. You can select more than one.
  • Toggle Admin, Analyst, Finance, Audience, Campaign or Catalogs depending on the permission levels you want your employee to have. You can select more than one.
  • Click Assign permissions.
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    Alternatively, you can assign account permissions by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account and clicking Assign employees.
  • Login to you Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager.
  • Click Employees in the left-side navigation.
  • Select the employee whose permissions you want to view or edit. Their permissions will be listed next to their name, below Permissions.
  • Click   to the right, below Actions.
  • Toggle Admin, Analyst, Finance, Audience, Campaign or Catalogs depending on the permissions you want your employee to have. You can select more than one.
  • Click Save edits.
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    Alternatively, you can view and edit employees’ ad account permissions by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation and then selecting the ad account.
  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager.
  • Click Employees in the left-side navigation. Their roles will be listed next to their name, below Role.
  • Click the name of the employee whose role you want to edit.
  • Click   next to Role, below the employee’s name.
  • Select Employee or Manager, depending on the role you want your employee to have.
  • Click Save Edits.
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  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Employees in the left-side navigation
  • Click   to the right of the person’s name you want to remove
  • Click Remove to confirm
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    Alternatively, you can assign account permissions by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account, then an employee, clicking   and Remove.
    Manage partners

    Partners are external agencies you regularly work with and want to allow access to set up, manage and maintain campaigns, ad groups and ads on your behalf. To add a partner, they’ll need to have a Pinterest business account.

    Add partners to Business Manager to give them access to ad accounts, assign ad account permissions, view and edit permissions, and remove employees. To add a partner, you’ll need their business ID, which is located below their business name on their Business Manager page. Depending on the permissions you grant your partner, they can then grant different levels of access to their own employees.

    If you're a partner looking for access to an account, you can request to be added as a partner and then request access to ad accounts.

    This is recommended for brands who want to add agencies they’re working with.

    Before adding a partner, you’ll need to ask your partner for their business ID, which is located below their business name on their Business Manager page.

  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation
  • Click Add partner
  • Enter your partner’s business ID
  • Select Invite a partner to access your assets
  • Click Assign ad accounts to assign permissions to the people you’ve added or click Maybe later if you want to do it later
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    Alternatively, you can add partners by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account, clicking the Partners tab and clicking Assign partners.

    This is recommended for agencies and external partners who need access to their partner's ad accounts.

    Before requesting partner access, you’ll need to ask the business for their business ID, which is located below their business name on their Business Manager page.

  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation
  • Click Add partner
  • Enter your partner’s business ID
  • Select Request access to this partner's ad accounts and tools
  • Click Add partner
  • Click Request ad accounts to request specific ad accounts you want to work on or click Close if you want to do it later
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  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation.
  • Select one of your partners.
  • Click Assign accounts.
  • Select the ad account you want your partner to access from the list on the left. You can select more than one.
  • Toggle Admin, Analyst, Finance, Audience, Campaign or Catalogs depending on the permission levels you want the employee to have. You can select more than one.
  • Click Assign permissions.
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    Alternatively, you can assign account permissions by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account and clicking Assign partners.

    Before requesting access to an ad account, you’ll need to ask the business for their ad account ID, which is located below their ad account name in the Ad account section of their Business Manager page.

  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation.
  • Select a partner.
  • Click Request ad account.
  • Enter the ad account ID below Ad account ID, then click   below Permissions to select the level of access you want. Click + Ad account to request access for up to 10 ad accounts.
  • Click Send request.
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  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager.
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation.
  • Select the partner whose permissions you want to view or edit. Their permissions will be listed next to their name, below Permissions.
  • Click   to the right, below Actions.
  • Toggle Admin, Analyst, Finance, Audience, Campaign or Catalogs depending on the permissions you want the employee to have. You can select more than one.
  • Click Save edits.
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    Alternatively, you can view and edit partners’ ad account permissions by clicking Ad accounts in the left-side navigation and then selecting the ad account.
  • Login to your Pinterest business account.
  • Click   in the top-left corner of your screen.
  • Under Business, select Business Manager.
  • Click Partners in the left-side navigation.
  • Click   to the right of the person’s name you want to remove
  • Click Remove to confirm 
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    Alternatively, you can assign account permissions by clicking Ad accounts on the left-side navigation, selecting an ad account, clicking the Partners tab, selecting the partner, clicking   and Remove.
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