How to Add a Promotion on LinkedIn (and Show It Under the Same Company)

To add a promotion on LinkedIn, add your new title as a new position at the same company. Go to Me > View profile > Add profile section > Core > Add position, select your employer's Page in the company field, set the start date, then give your previous role an end date. LinkedIn groups the two titles under one company logo when the new start date falls within one month of the old end date, which is exactly how a promotion should look (LinkedIn Help). Before you click Save, decide whether the Notify network toggle should announce it to your connections.

That's the profile side done. Below: the mobile app steps, how to keep the update quiet, and how to write an announcement post if you do want people to know.

Add a new position or edit your current one?

There are two ways to show a promotion, and they don't give you the same profile.

Editing the title rewrites history: anyone reading your profile will assume you joined as "Sales Manager". Adding a new position keeps the story ("Account Executive, 3 yrs → Sales Manager, since March"), and that progression is the part recruiters and buyers notice.

How to add a promotion on LinkedIn (desktop)

These are the steps from LinkedIn's help center, with the details that matter for a promotion:

1. Click Me at the top of your LinkedIn homepage, then View profile.
2. Click Add profile section in your introduction section, open the Core dropdown, then click Add position. (The + icon at the top of your Experience section gets you to the same form.)
3. At the top of the Add experience window, check the Notify network toggle: on, LinkedIn may share the change with your network; off, it stays quiet.
4. Enter your new Title and the Employment type.
5. In the company field, start typing your employer's name and pick its Page from the dropdown (the entry with the logo). Choosing the same Page as your previous role is what lets LinkedIn group them.
6. Tick I am currently working in this role and set the Start date to the month of your promotion.
7. Add a description, skills or media if you like, then click Save.
8. Close the old role: in the Experience section, click Show all experiences, click the Edit icon next to your previous title, untick "currently working", set the End date to the month your new role started (or the month before), and click Save.

If the form offers to end your current position for you while you add the new one, use it instead of step 8, then check the dates afterwards.

How to add a promotion in the LinkedIn mobile app

1. Tap your profile photo, then tap it again to open your profile.
2. Tap Add section, then under Core tap Add position.
3. In the Add experience screen, enter your new title, select your company's Page, set the start date, and tap Save.
4. To close the previous role, scroll to Experience, tap the Edit icon, tap the Edit icon again next to the old position, add an end date and tap Save.

LinkedIn's help center sends mobile users to the settings to control sharing (see "Should you notify your network?" below), so if you want a silent update from your phone, change that setting before you save.

How to show a promotion at the same company

You don't need to link the two roles by hand. LinkedIn groups positions automatically when:

• both positions are at the same company (selecting the same company Page is the safe way to get this right);
• the new position's start date is within one month of the previous position's end date. A longer gap splits them into two separate entries;
• or you hold both positions at the same time at that company.

When it works, your profile shows the company name and logo once, your total tenure under it, then each title with its own dates. If two roles group by mistake, or refuse to group, check the company name on each one: that's what LinkedIn goes by.

One trap: if you forget to end the old role, you have two current positions. LinkedIn shows the one with the most recent start date first in your intro (LinkedIn Help), but your Experience section will read as if you held both jobs at once.

Should you notify your network?

The switch is labelled Notify network in the add and edit forms (LinkedIn's help center also calls it the Share with network section). When it's on, LinkedIn may publish an automatic "new position" update that your connections can react to and comment on.

What LinkedIn says about these updates (LinkedIn Help):

• Job updates can take up to two hours to reach your network.
• Automated profile-update posts are available for up to 90 days. After that, the post and its comments and reactions are deleted.
• The toggle only controls the announcement. Anyone who opens your profile sees your edits as soon as you save, sharing on or off.
• If you have a secondary-language profile, it doesn't update automatically. Edit it too.

Turn it on once the promotion is official and announced internally, and you'd welcome the congratulations (and the profile visits that come with them). Turn it off if the news isn't public yet, if you're tidying up old titles, or if you'd rather announce it yourself with a proper post.

How to add a promotion without notifying anyone

Switch Notify network off in the Add experience window before you click Save. To change the default (and on mobile), go to Me > Settings & Privacy > Visibility > Visibility of your LinkedIn activity > Share profile updates and set the toggle to Off before you edit your profile.

How to announce your promotion on LinkedIn with a post

The automatic update is one line of text. If you want reach, and a reason for people to get back in touch, write your own post:

• Put the news in the first line. Only the first couple of lines show before "…see more", so "I've been promoted to Head of Partnerships at Acme" beats a three-line windup.
• Say what changes. One or two sentences on the new scope: the team, the market, the problem you now own.
• Thank people by name. Mention your manager and teammates with @: they get a notification and often comment, which helps the post travel. Your company's Page works the same way, see how to tag a company on LinkedIn.
• End with something people can reply to. A question, or what you're looking for: hires, partners, introductions.
• Keep the formatting simple. Short paragraphs and line breaks do more than fake bold text; read our guide to LinkedIn post formatting before you reach for a Unicode generator, and go easy on emojis.
• Add a real photo of you or the team rather than a stock "Congrats" graphic.

A template you can adapt:

After 3 years on the sales team at [Company], I'm starting a new role as [New title].

I'll be leading [team / scope], with one goal for the next 12 months: [goal].

Thank you @[Manager] for trusting me with [project] last year, and to the whole team for making it easy.

We're hiring [roles] this quarter. If you know someone great, my DMs are open.

Post on a weekday when your network is online (here's what we found on the best time to post on LinkedIn), answer comments in the first hours, and look at your post impressions a few days later to see how far it went.

Update the rest of your profile

Your old title probably lives in more places than the Experience section:

• Headline. If you wrote a custom headline, it won't change by itself. Click the pencil icon next to your name and rewrite it. If you're stuck, our free LinkedIn headline generator suggests options from a one-line description of your new role.
• About. Update the first lines if they still describe your previous job.
• Skills. Add what the new role needs (people management, budgeting, a new market) and attach those skills to the new position.
• Featured. Pin your announcement post there for a few weeks.

Promotion vs "Promoted" on LinkedIn

If you came here looking for "Promoted" on LinkedIn, that label is about paid visibility, not careers. A post marked "Promoted" in your feed is an ad (Sponsored Content). A job marked "Promoted by hirer" is a job post the employer pays for, so it can appear higher in your search results (LinkedIn Help). Employers promote a job post by setting a daily or total budget when they post it (LinkedIn Help). Everything above is about the other kind of promotion: the one you add to your own profile.

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FAQ

Does LinkedIn notify my network when I add a promotion?

Only if sharing is on: the Notify network toggle in the form, or Share profile updates in your visibility settings. The update can take up to two hours to appear and stays available for up to 90 days. Your profile itself shows the change to visitors as soon as you save, whatever the setting.

How do I add a promotion on LinkedIn without notifying my network?

Turn off Notify network in the Add experience window before saving, or switch off Me > Settings & Privacy > Visibility > Share profile updates first, then add the new position as usual. Your connections won't get an automatic update, but anyone who visits your profile will still see the new title.

How do I add a promotion on LinkedIn at the same company?

Add a new position (don't edit the old one), select the same company Page, and make its start date fall within one month of your previous role's end date. LinkedIn then groups both titles under one company, with your total time there and the dates of each role.

How do I delete the automatic "new position" post?

Open it from the activity section of your profile, click the More (…) menu on the post and choose delete if the option is there. If you leave it, LinkedIn removes automated profile-update posts after 90 days, together with their comments and reactions.

Should I change my job title or add a new position on LinkedIn?

Add a new position whenever your title, level or scope really changed: it keeps your progression visible. Edit the existing title only to fix a mistake or when the company renamed your role without changing the job.