Year Calendar Employee of the Year Certificate

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A landscape employee of the year award certificate with a navy year calendar, a gold December star, achievements, two signatures and a QR code.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 30 October 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Certificate of Honour
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Exceeded annual targets in all four quarters, Leadership and teamwork across departments, Process improvements adopted company-wide and Customer focus in every account
Details: award period and category
Signatures: Chief Executive Officer and Head of People

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Cormorant Garamond: Title
Manrope: Text, Labels
Pinyon Script: Recipient name
Herr Von Muellerhoff: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fbf8f2
Ink#17223a
Accent#1c2d4f
Second accent#c09848
Muted text#5c6576

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

This landscape design puts the year itself on the page. A tall navy field on the left holds January to December as columns of day dots in their real month lengths, and the last day of December is a gold star. Beside it the record reads in one column: the award title, the name in a script hand, a statement, four achievements, the award period, the category, the issue date, the credential ID, two signatures and a QR code. It suits companies, public bodies and nonprofits that want a formal but modern award.

About

Employee of the Year Award Certificate, Year Calendar

Employee of the Year is usually the most senior award a company gives its staff. A panel or the leadership team weighs twelve months of work: targets met in every quarter, leadership that lifted others, a process made better, customers who stayed. The certificate is presented at an annual dinner or the year-end meeting, and many winners frame it for the office wall.

Wording on the template“In recognition of outstanding contributions throughout the year: results that raised the standard, leadership that lifted the team, and a commitment shown in every one of its twelve months.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: name, you are our Employee of the Year

Dear name,

This year your name came up again and again: in results, in client notes and in what your colleagues told us. It is our pleasure to name you Employee of the Year.

Your award certificate and badge are ready. Open them to read the citation, download the certificate to print and frame, and share the badge on LinkedIn so your network can see the year you had.

Thank you for twelve months of work that made all of us better.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

I am honoured to be named Employee of the Year. Looking back over the last twelve months, the moments I am proudest of were shared: late fixes with my team, a hard launch we finished together, clients who trusted us. Thank you to my colleagues for nominating me and to our leaders for the chance to grow. On to next year. #EmployeeOfTheYear #Grateful

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.