diff --git a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
index 8347365e9..0edbe7905 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   def update_first_user_permissions(resource)
     return unless Settings::General.waiting_on_first_user
 
+    resource.add_role(:creator)
     resource.add_role(:super_admin)
     resource.add_role(:trusted)
     resource.skip_confirmation!
diff --git a/app/models/role.rb b/app/models/role.rb
index 8ab2158b4..985351a39 100644
--- a/app/models/role.rb
+++ b/app/models/role.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Role < ApplicationRecord
     trusted
     warned
     workshop_pass
+    creator
   ].freeze
 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :users, join_table: :users_roles # rubocop:disable Rails/HasAndBelongsToMany
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20210824202334_backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210824202334_backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b300ba655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210824202334_backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module DataUpdateScripts
+  class BackfillCreatorRoleForFirstSuperAdmin
+    def run
+      User.with_role(:super_admin).first&.add_role(:creator)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin_spec.rb b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8b8a51f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/data_update_scripts/backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+require Rails.root.join(
+  "lib/data_update_scripts/20210824202334_backfill_creator_role_for_first_super_admin",
+)
+
+describe DataUpdateScripts::BackfillCreatorRoleForFirstSuperAdmin do
+  let!(:creator) { create(:user, :super_admin) }
+  let!(:admin) { create(:user, :super_admin) }
+
+  it "Only the first super admin should have the creator role" do
+    described_class.new.run
+    expect(creator).to have_role(:creator)
+    expect(admin).not_to have_role(:creator)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/role_spec.rb b/spec/models/role_spec.rb
index 76a14b07f..107fb12dd 100644
--- a/spec/models/role_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/role_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RSpec.describe Role, type: :model do
       expected_roles = %w[
         admin chatroom_beta_tester codeland_admin comment_suspended mod_relations_admin podcast_admin
         restricted_liquid_tag single_resource_admin super_admin support_admin suspended tag_moderator tech_admin
-        trusted warned workshop_pass
+        trusted warned workshop_pass creator
       ]
       expect(described_class::ROLES).to eq(expected_roles)
     end