Diamond Grade Certificate of Excellence Badge
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An excellence award badge drawn as a round brilliant from above, with the organisation on a deep blue rim, CUT GRADE · EXCELLENT and a thin gold ring.
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- Round badge, readable at profile-picture size
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Updated 7 November 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 Excellence
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#f9f8f4
- Ink#152033
- Accent#23446e
- Second accent#9c7a3c
- Muted text#5d6676
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
The badge is a round brilliant seen from above. Its girdle becomes a deep blue rim with the organisation's name across the top and CUT GRADE · EXCELLENT along the bottom, the top cut grade a gem laboratory gives a diamond. A thin gold ring sits inside the rim, and the octagonal table at the centre holds the logo and the word Excellence. The outline is clean and bold, so the badge still reads at profile size.
About
Excellence Award Badge Template, Diamond Cut Grade
An excellence award badge is the shareable form of a certificate of excellence. Employers issue it with an annual performance or service excellence award, schools with a subject prize or an end-of-year honour, and clubs and associations to members whose results stood out. Recipients put it on a LinkedIn profile, in an email signature or in a digital portfolio, and anyone who clicks it can see the award and the issuer behind it.
More wording ideas for certificate of excellence certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: name, your Certificate of Excellence is ready
Hi name,
Congratulations. Your work this year stood out for its quality and care, and we are proud to award you a Certificate of Excellence.
The certificate names what you did so well and is signed by the people who reviewed it. Open it to see it, download a copy to print, or add it to your LinkedIn profile so your network can see the standard you set.
Thank you for raising the bar for all of us.
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
I am proud to share that I received a Certificate of Excellence this year. It recognises the quality of my work and the results our team delivered for our customers. Thank you to my managers and colleagues for their support and for holding each other to a high standard every day. #Excellence #ProudMoment
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.
Bodoni Moda (title, recipient name), Jost (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: Diamond Grade Certificate of Excellence Certificate and Diamond Grade Certificate of Excellence Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for certificate of excellence.
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