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Creator Onboarding

HotMic provides tools to onboard and manage creators. Organization administrators invite creators through the admin portal, and invited users are guided through a setup process.

Inviting a Creator

  1. Navigate to Producer Tools > Users in the admin portal.
  2. Click Add User.
  3. Enter the creator's email address and assign the Creator role.
  4. The creator receives an email invitation with a link to set up their account.

Creator Setup Flow

When a creator clicks the invitation link:

  1. Account Creation — If the creator does not have an account, they are prompted to create one (name, password, profile picture). If SSO is enabled, they can sign in with their existing identity provider.
  2. Onboarding Tutorial — On first login, a tutorial modal may appear (configurable per organization) with a video walkthrough of the platform.
  3. Dashboard — The creator lands on their personal dashboard showing upcoming streams, recordings, and clips.
  4. Stream Key — A public stream key is automatically generated for each creator, used for RTMP streaming in Advanced Mode.

How Creators Sign In

Creators use whichever authentication method the organization has enabled — Email & Password, SSO, or both. See Authentication in Org Set Up for the full breakdown.

When SSO is enabled, the invitation link sends creators directly to your Identity Provider on first login; their HotMic account is provisioned automatically once they authenticate.

Self-Signup

If self-signup is turned on in the organization's onboarding settings, creators can join without an admin invitation. A Sign Up link appears on the login page, and new accounts default to the Creator role. Use this when you want to open the platform to a wide pool of creators without manually inviting each one.

Managing Creators

Admins can manage creator accounts from the Users page:

  • Edit — Update a creator's profile, role, or permissions.
  • Deactivate — Disable a creator's access without deleting their content.
  • Assign Tags — Add authorized stream tags to control which categories a creator can publish under.
  • Feature Flags — Enable or disable specific features per creator (e.g. guest call-in, monetization, AI clipping, sponsorship overlays). Each creator can have their own combination of features turned on or off.
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