Fill in four things and pick a tone. The post is put together in your browser from the examples on this page.
Tone
Humble, a team result
I've been promoted to [role] at [company].
I'm very aware that this is a team result with my name on it. The work that got noticed was work we did together.
In the new role I get to [one thing you are excited about]. I'll be learning a lot, and I'll ask for help often.
Thank you to [who you want to thank].
1. Decide whether LinkedIn should tell your network
LinkedIn can share job changes, education changes and work anniversaries with your network for you. The switch is Share profile updates. On desktop: click Me, then Settings & Privacy, then Visibility, and under Visibility of your LinkedIn activity turn the toggle on or off. The app has the same path from your profile photo.
If you plan to tidy up several parts of your profile, turn it off first so your network does not get an update for each edit. Turn it back on for the promotion itself.
2. Add the new title
Click Me, then View Profile.
Click the Edit icon in your introduction section.
Add a new position under the same company with your new title, so both roles show together.
At the top of the Add experience form, check the Notify network toggle. On means your network may hear about it. Off means they will not.
Click Save.
LinkedIn says a job update can take up to two hours to reach your network, and it may show as a post in the feed, an in app notification or an email. Automated update posts stay up for up to 90 days.
3. Update your headline
Your headline is the line under your name, and it shows in search results. Open the Edit intro form and change the Headline field if it still names your old title. Need ideas? See the headline examples by role.
4. Write your own post
The automatic update says what changed. Your post says why it matters to you. Use the builder above or one of the examples below. Keep the first line short, name the role and the company, and thank people by name.
5. Reply to the comments
People will write congratulations for days. A short, personal reply to each one is the part most people skip, and it is how old colleagues become warm contacts again.
When to post it
Let your company share the news inside first. Your manager may have a plan for it.
Post once you have started in the role, not while it is still being finalised.
If others on your team were up for the same role, keep the post short and about the work ahead.
Post when you can stay around for an hour or two to reply to comments.
16 promotion announcement examples
Each is filled in with a made up role and company. Copy one and change the details, or use the builder above. None is a real person's post.
Humble
Humble, a team result
I've been promoted to Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I'm very aware that this is a team result with my name on it. The work that got noticed was work we did together.
In the new role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. I'll be learning a lot, and I'll ask for help often.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it.
A quick update: I'm now Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I'll be honest. I'm not sure I'm fully ready, and I think that's normal. The best managers I've had said the same thing about their first step up.
The part I care about most: I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. And to my team, who made me look better than I am.
This week I stepped into the role of Engineering Manager at Brightline.
Promotions can look like one person's win. They almost never are. Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. Thank you also to the people who gave me hard feedback when it would have been easier to stay quiet.
In this role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. I'll try to give the next person the same support I got.
I'm now Engineering Manager at Brightline, and I want to use this post to say thank you.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it.
Thank you to my manager, who gave me stretch work before I asked.
Thank you to my teammates, who covered for me while I was learning and told me when I was wrong.
Now I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. I'm going to try to do right by all of you.
I've been promoted to Engineering Manager at Brightline, and I'm really glad.
Why this one matters to me: I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. That's the part of the job I've enjoyed most for a long time, and now it's the main part.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. I'll share what I learn in the first few months, including the mistakes.
Good news to share: I'm stepping into the Engineering Manager role at Brightline.
I've wanted this for a while, and I'm glad I didn't rush it. The extra time taught me a lot.
Now I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. I plan to start by listening, then change a few small things, then check if they helped.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it.
I'm now Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. This one belongs to the team.
Promoted to Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it, and to my team.
I've been promoted to Engineering Manager at Brightline. Since a few people have asked how it happened, here's the honest version.
It started with a conversation, not a form. About a year ago I told my manager what I wanted to be doing in two years. We made a short list of skills I'd need, and my manager gave me chances to practice each one.
I didn't get everything right. I ran a planning meeting that went an hour over. I gave feedback too late once and it cost us a week. Each time, someone helped me see what to do differently.
What changes now: I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. What stays the same: I'll still be in the details, and I'll still ask a lot of questions.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. And to anyone aiming for a step up: say it out loud to the person who can help. It made all the difference for me.
Some news: I'm now Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I want to share three things I learned on the way, because I wish someone had told me earlier.
First, doing good work is not enough if nobody knows what the work was. I started writing a short weekly note on what our team shipped. It helped the team get credit, and it helped me.
Second, ask for feedback in small pieces. "What's one thing I could do better in meetings?" gets a real answer. "Any feedback?" usually doesn't.
Third, help other people grow. Most of what counted toward this step was work where I helped someone else succeed.
In the new role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it, and to the team that made the last two years so good.
Three years ago I joined Brightline answering support tickets. This week I start as Engineering Manager.
I didn't plan this path. I got curious about why the same problems kept showing up, and a few people let me dig in.
Now I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. It's a different kind of work, but the customer is still at the center of it.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. Thank you also to the support team. You taught me how our customers really think.
I moved from sales into a new track at Brightline, and this week I was named Engineering Manager.
A switch like this only works if people give you a chance before you've proven much. Mine did. They paired me with patient teammates, let me sit in on meetings I had no business being in, and answered a lot of basic questions.
In this role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. I hope I can open a door like that for someone else one day.
A year ago I came back to work after parental leave, unsure how it would go. This week I was promoted to Engineering Manager at Brightline.
I'm sharing this for anyone worried that time away will hold them back. It doesn't have to. My team made room for a slower first month, and my manager never treated the leave as a gap.
Now I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it.
Eighteen months ago I returned to Brightline after time off for my health. Today I'm stepping into the Engineering Manager role.
I won't go into details. I'll just say that coming back slowly was the right call, and the people around me made that possible.
In this role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it, and to everyone who checked in without making a fuss.
Some news: I'm moving to our Lisbon office as Engineering Manager at Brightline.
Leaving a team you love is the hard part of any move. The people I've worked with here shaped how I think about this job.
In the new role I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. New city, same company, a lot to learn.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it. I'll be back to visit, and I expect you to show me the new coffee place.
After four years on the payments team, I'm joining a different team at Brightline as Engineering Manager.
I asked for this move. I wanted to work on a new part of the product and learn from a different group of people.
Now I get to help six engineers do the best work of their careers. I'll be the new person again for a while, and I'm fine with that.
Thank you to Priya, who pushed me to go for it, and to the payments team for a handoff that was smoother than I deserved.
Not if the post is mostly about the people and the work. Thank the ones who helped, say what the new role means for your team, and keep it short.
How do I add a promotion on LinkedIn without a new job entry?
Add the new title as a new position under the same company. LinkedIn groups positions at one company together, so your profile shows the step up.
When should I announce a promotion?
After your company has told the team, and ideally once you have started in the role. Your manager may want the internal news to land first.
How do I stop LinkedIn from notifying everyone while I edit?
Turn off Share profile updates under Settings and Privacy, then Visibility, or switch off Notify network at the top of the Add experience form. Turn it on for the change you want shared.
Should I update my headline too?
Yes, if your headline names your title. Your headline shows in search results, so an old title there confuses people who look you up.
How long does it take for my network to see the update?
LinkedIn says job updates can take up to two hours to be shared with your network.