Gold Pin Employee Recognition Badge
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Give staff a digital employee recognition badge shaped like a gold-and-navy lapel pin, with a faceted star, for awards of any size.
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Add your logo and wording, then send it to everyone at once, each with a link anyone can verify.
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- Round badge, readable at profile-picture size
- Your logo, colours and wording
- Each badge links to a verified record
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Updated 26 October 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio
See it where it lives
Drawn to read at small sizes
A badge is mostly seen small. These are its real sizes on screen.
On a profile
120 px
In a list of badges
64 px
In an email signature
40 px
What is on it
A badge people are proud to show
You write once
The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.
- Badge words
- Certificate of Recognition
Filled in for each person
Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.
- The recipient’s name and the award, in the badge’s verified record
- The issue date and a credential ID
- A link anyone can click to verify it
Specifications
Sizes, fonts and colours
Sizes
- Badge
- 470 × 470 px, round · Reads at 120 px on a profile
Colours
- Paper#fbf8f1
- Ink#1b2a41
- Accent#1f3b63
- Second accent#b8893b
- Muted text#5b6472
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
This badge is the recognition pin itself: a gold rim with an engraved line, fine rays and a faceted star on navy enamel, with the words Employee and Recognition set around it. It reads clearly as a small profile image and suits employers of any size that share awards on profiles and email signatures.
About
Employee Recognition Badge Template
A recognition badge lets a manager say thank you in public. Employees post it to their profile or email signature after an awards evening, a team shout-out or a peer nomination, so the recognition stays visible long after the event.
Wording on the template“For an outstanding contribution that raised the standard for everyone around you. Your work, your care for colleagues and your commitment to our values made a real difference.”More wording ideas for employee recognition certificates
Words that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: Thank you, name: you have been recognized
Hi name,
Someone noticed the work you do, and we wanted to put our thanks in writing. Your effort has made a real difference to the people around you and to the results of our team.
Your recognition certificate is ready. Open it to read the citation, download a copy to print and keep on your desk, or add it to your LinkedIn profile so others can see what you achieved.
Thank you for everything you bring to work each day.
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
I was recognized at work this week with an employee recognition award. It was a lovely surprise, and it reminded me how much of what I do depends on the people I work beside. Thank you to my manager and my team for noticing, and for making good work easy to do. #EmployeeRecognition #Teamwork
Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.
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
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.
The badge is a round image on a 470 × 470 px board, drawn to stay readable at 120 px, the size of a profile picture.
Lato (text, labels). All are Google Fonts, free for personal and commercial use, and you can swap any of them in the studio.
Yes. Every text, colour and drawing is its own layer in the studio. Add your logo in the logo spot; the design keeps its balance with a wide or a square logo.
Each person gets the badge with their own verified record. They add it to LinkedIn or an email signature, and anyone who clicks it sees who earned it and who issued it.
Yes. This design is part of a set: Gold Pin Employee Recognition Certificate and Gold Pin Employee Recognition Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for employee recognition.
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