Circled Crowd Certificate of Recognition Badge
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A round recognition badge for an outstanding contribution: one dot circled in red among many, with a bold RECOGNITION band and your organisation name.
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- Round badge, readable at profile-picture size
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Updated 6 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 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#f8f5ef
- Ink#1e2125
- Accent#b3321e
- Second accent#7c2415
- Muted text#67635c
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
The design reduces the set's idea to a small round crowd of ink dots, with the centre dot circled by a heavy vermilion pen loop. A solid red band reads RECOGNITION, the dark rim carries the organisation name over the top and OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION underneath, and a logo spot sits below the band. The words stay readable at thumbnail size, so it works well for teams that award recognition often and want it seen online.
About
Recognition Badge Template, Circled in the Crowd
A recognition badge is the shareable side of an award. Where the certificate is printed and kept, the badge travels: onto a LinkedIn profile, an email signature or an internal people directory, where colleagues can open it and read why the holder was singled out. Companies use recognition badges for peer-nominated awards and quarterly shout-outs, and schools and clubs for leadership, service and team spirit.
More wording ideas for certificate of recognition certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: name, your contribution has been recognised
Dear name,
The people you work with noticed what you did, and we want to thank you properly. Your certificate of recognition is now ready, with a short citation that says why you were chosen.
Open it to read it, download a copy to print and keep, or share it on LinkedIn so others can see the recognition you earned.
Thank you for the care and effort you bring every day. It makes a real difference.
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
I received a certificate of recognition this week for my contribution to our team, and I am honestly a little surprised and very grateful. Good results here are always shared, so thank you to the colleagues who nominated me and to everyone I worked beside this year. #Recognition #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.
Hanken Grotesk (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: Circled Crowd Certificate of Recognition Certificate and Circled Crowd Certificate of Recognition Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for certificate of recognition.
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