To add a promotion on LinkedIn, open your profile, go to the Experience section, add your new role under the same employer, and decide whether to notify your network before you save. Done in that order, the promotion shows as a clean step up inside your company rather than a separate job, and your connections see one tidy update instead of a confusing second entry.
That order matters more than it looks, because the mistakes people make both happen at save time. They either type the company name slightly differently and split the promotion into separate jobs instead of a grouped progression, or they leave the notification on while quietly updating their profile and light up their whole network at the worst possible moment. Both are easy to avoid once you know which toggle does what.
This guide walks through the exact click path on desktop and on the mobile app, how to keep a promotion grouped under one employer, when to notify your network and when to stay quiet, why a promotion sometimes fails to show up at all, and how to announce it with a post that lands. Every step matches how LinkedIn works right now, and the settings come straight from LinkedIn rather than from guesswork.
One thing worth settling up front: updating your profile and announcing the news are separate moves. The profile edit is mechanical and takes a minute, while the announcement is where the reach actually comes from. A tool like LinkedGrow fits into that second half, once your profile already says the right thing.
How do you add a promotion on LinkedIn on desktop?
You add a promotion on LinkedIn from the Experience section of your own profile, and the whole thing takes under a minute once you know the path. The cleanest way to record a real promotion is to add it as a new position with its own start date, which lets your profile show the jump from one title to the next instead of quietly overwriting your history.
- Open your profile and scroll to the Experience section.
- Click the + icon in the top corner of the section, then choose Add position.
- In the Company field, start typing your employer and select it from the dropdown so it matches your current company page exactly.
- Enter your new title, set the start date to the month of your promotion, and tick I am currently working in this role.
- Leave End current position enabled so LinkedIn closes your old title with the right end date.
- Set the Notify network toggle to match your plan, then click Save.
There is a second method, and it is the one that trips people up. You can edit your existing role and simply change the title, which keeps a single continuous entry with no visible progression. That works for a pure title change where nothing else moved, but for an actual promotion it hides the story, so most people are better served adding the new position. If you want your whole profile pulling in the same direction after the change, our guide to LinkedIn profile optimization covers the headline, About, and keywords that decide whether the new title actually gets you found.
How do you add a promotion within the same company?
To show a promotion within the same company, add it as a new position and pick the exact same employer from the dropdown, the one with the company logo next to it. When the company matches, LinkedIn stacks both roles under a single company block that shows your titles, your dates, and your total time there, which reads as a promotion rather than a pair of disconnected jobs.
The single most common mistake here is not selecting the company from the dropdown. If you type the name and move on, or pick a slightly different version of the employer, LinkedIn treats it as a different company and lists your roles as separate jobs with no link between them. The grouping only happens when both positions point at the same company page, so slow down for that one field and click the result with the logo.
Keep the old role in place once the promotion is added, because that is what creates the progression a visitor scans in a second. A grouped entry that reads assistant manager, then manager, then senior manager tells a growth story on its own, and it does more for you than a single inflated title ever would. While you are in there, update your LinkedIn headline to match the new role, since the headline is what shows in search results and in the feed, long before anyone opens your Experience section.
How do you add a promotion on the LinkedIn mobile app?
The LinkedIn mobile app follows the same path as desktop, which surprises people who assume profile edits need a computer. You add the promotion from the same Experience section, with the same company match and the same notify toggle, so nothing about the logic changes when you switch to your phone.
Open the app and tap your photo to reach your profile, then scroll to the Experience section and tap the + to add a position. Fill in your new title, select your employer from the suggestions so it matches the same company page, set the start month, and mark it as your current role. The one field that behaves exactly as it does on desktop is the company selector, so tap the suggested result with the logo rather than leaving your own typed text.
Before you save, check the notify setting, which sits on the same screen on mobile. If the Add position option is missing or looks different from what you expected, update the app to the latest version, since older builds occasionally hide newer profile controls, or switch to a desktop browser where the layout stays the most consistent. Once saved, the mobile edit behaves identically to a desktop one, delay and all.
Should you notify your network when you add a promotion?
Notify your network only when the timing works for you, because the Notify network toggle is on by default and will broadcast the change the moment you save. If you are updating quietly, or job hunting while still employed, switch it off before saving so the edit stays private and no promotion card lands in your colleagues' feeds.
Behind that per-edit toggle sits a master switch that controls whether any of your profile edits get shared. You find it under Settings and Privacy, in Visibility, as Share profile updates with your network. When it is on, adding a position or a promotion shares the update automatically, and LinkedIn notes that a job change can take up to 2 hours to reach your connections. When it is off, nothing about your edits is broadcast, and you announce on your own terms with a post.
For most genuine promotions, letting the notification go out is the right move, since a promotion card is a low-effort way to remind your network what you do now. The exception is anyone quietly exploring a move, where a stream of profile edits reads as a resignation warning to a current employer. If your promotion is really a fresh start at a new organization, treat it as a new job announcement instead, which is a slightly different play with its own timing.
Why is your promotion not showing on LinkedIn?
Your promotion usually is not showing for one of 4 reasons: the Notify network toggle was off when you saved, the master Share profile updates setting is off, LinkedIn is still inside its 2-hour delay window, or the company did not match so the role logged as a separate job rather than a promotion. Working through them in that order fixes it almost every time.
Start with both settings, since they cause most of the silent failures. Confirm that Share profile updates with your network is on in your visibility settings, then re-open the position and make sure the notify option was actually enabled when you saved, because turning it on afterward does not resend the update. If both are set correctly and the card still has not appeared, give it the full 2 hours, since job changes are batched rather than pushed the instant you click save.
If the role shows on your profile but never triggered a promotion card, the company match is the likely culprit, and the fix is to edit the position and reselect your employer from the dropdown so both roles sit under the same company page. One more quiet trap is stacking many edits at once, which can suppress the notification entirely, so make the position change on its own and save your headline or photo tweaks for a separate session. The mechanics here overlap with how the platform decides what to surface, which our LinkedIn algorithm guide breaks down in full.
How do you announce your promotion with a post?
A profile update and an announcement post are not the same thing: the update is the automatic card LinkedIn shares, while the post is you telling the story in your own words. The post is where the real reach and the real conversations come from, so it is worth a few minutes even when the promotion card already went out.
Keep the post short and human. Thank the people who backed you, say plainly what the new role means and who it helps, and add one honest detail about the road to get here that a reader can relate to. The mistake to avoid is turning the post into a job description, since a list of daily responsibilities kills the warmth that makes people comment. If the opening line is the part you always stall on, our roundup of LinkedIn hooks gives you openers that earn the first few seconds of attention.
Once the post is live, close the loop on the rest of your profile so everything agrees. Update your headline and About to reflect the new title, and consider pinning the announcement to your featured section so profile visitors see it first for a while. This is also the point where LinkedGrow earns its keep, because it drafts the announcement in your own voice using voice training on a handful of your past posts, and it runs on your own AI key for a typical $2 to $4 a month, so the celebratory post still sounds like you rather than a template.
Make your promotion land, on your profile and in the feed
Adding a promotion on LinkedIn is a one-minute job when you do it in the right order: add a new position, match your company from the dropdown so the roles group into a progression, decide on the notify toggle, and save. Get that grouping right and your profile tells a growth story on its own, while the notify setting keeps you in control of who sees the change and when.
The profile edit is the easy half, and the announcement is where the reach lives. If you want the celebratory post written in your voice and scheduled for the moment your network is online, LinkedGrow drafts and schedules content on your own AI key for a few dollars a month, and you can start a free 7-day trial with no credit card. Update the profile, tell the story, and let the promotion work for you.
Frequently asked questions about adding a promotion on LinkedIn
Add it as a new position, not a title edit. In the Experience section click the plus, choose Add position, then pick your exact employer from the dropdown so it matches your current company. LinkedIn stacks both roles under one company block and shows your progression, as long as the company matches.
Only when the timing suits you. The Notify network toggle is on by default, so turn it off before saving if you are editing quietly or job hunting while employed. When it is on, the update can take up to 2 hours to reach your connections' feeds.
Usually one of 4 things: you left Notify network off, your master Share profile updates setting is off, LinkedIn is still inside its 2-hour delay, or the company did not match so the role logged as a separate job. Fix the mismatch and re-save with sharing on.
Add a new position when the promotion has its own start date and you want to show progression, which is the right call for most promotions. Edit the existing role only when it is a simple title change with no real change in tenure or responsibilities.
Keep it to a few sentences: thank the people who backed you, say what the role means and who it helps, and skip the list of duties. The profile update is automatic, so the post is where you tell the story in your own voice.
