Rookie Card Rookie of the Year Badge
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A rookie of the year digital badge drawn as the front of a first-season card, with a No. 1 emblem, for the best new hire or a league's top first-year player.
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Updated 31 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
- Rookie of the Year
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#f6f3ea
- Ink#1a2620
- Accent#1f7a46
- Second accent#e2662a
- Muted text#5c6a61
Change any colour in the studio.
Design notes
This badge is the front of a trading card cut down to its essentials: a green card with a cream picture window, a big No. 1 emblem with one orange star, and ROOKIE OF THE YEAR on the deep green foot panel. The fixed words stay readable at the small size of a profile or email signature, so the badge suits a credential page, a LinkedIn post or an internal recognition wall.
About
Rookie of the Year Badge Template, Rookie Card Style
The first year in a new job is when people learn the systems, the customers and the unwritten rules, and some newcomers do it so fast that they carry real work within months. A rookie of the year award thanks the best of them, usually at a year-end review, an annual staff awards night or a team offsite. HR teams, sales leaders and managers give it to new hires and graduates in their first twelve months; youth leagues and amateur clubs use it for their top first-season player.
More wording ideas for rookie of the year certificatesWords that go with it
The email and the post, written for you
Email to send with it
Subject: name, you are our Rookie of the Year
Hi name,
Congratulations! Your first year with us has been remarkable. You picked up the work faster than anyone expected, beat the goals we set together, and became someone the whole team turns to.
Your Rookie of the Year certificate and badge are ready. Open them to see your award, download a copy to print, or share the badge on LinkedIn so your network can celebrate your first year with you.
We are proud to have you on the team.
Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.
Post for the recipient to share
A year ago I was the new person learning where everything was. Today I was named Rookie of the Year, and I am grateful to the team who answered all my questions and trusted me with real work from the start. Thank you to my manager and colleagues for a great first year. On to year two. #RookieOfTheYear #FirstYear #EmployeeRecognition
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.
Anton (title, recipient name), Saira Condensed (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: Rookie Card Rookie of the Year Certificate and Rookie Card Rookie of the Year Certificate, Portrait. Issue them together so the certificate and the badge read as one award for rookie of the year.
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