this is how i usually create a role and then add various built in roles to it;
I hope this helps
CREATE ROLE [MyRole]
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::[db_ddladmin] TO [MyRole]
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::[db_datareader] TO [MyRole]
ALTER AUTHORIZATION ON SCHEMA::[db_datawriter] TO [MyRole]
GRANT EXECUTE,ALTER TO [MyRole]
Lowell
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