ID card and badge templates for every team
This collection covers the cards organisations print or share most often: employee ID cards, student ID cards for universities and schools, event and conference badges, press passes, gym and coworking membership cards, security access badges, hotel and hospitality staff IDs, and festival volunteer passes.
Two formats are included. Portrait cards at 752 × 1280 suit lanyards and event badges. Landscape cards at 1280 × 808 follow the standard credit-card (CR80) proportions used by most card printers and wallets.
What to put on an ID card
A good ID card is quick to read from a distance and hard to confuse with anyone else's. The templates come with these fields ready to fill:
- Photo: a clear, recent headshot, cropped automatically to the frame.
- Full name: the most prominent text after the photo. Long names shrink to fit instead of overflowing.
- Role or title: job title, programme, ticket type or membership tier.
- ID number: employee, student, member or badge number.
- Organisation: company, school or event name.
- Dates: issue date, valid-until date or event dates.
- Extra details where they matter: department, access zones, blood type on healthcare cards, or an emergency contact on school cards.
How to make an ID card with SnapShark
- Pick a template above in the orientation you need.
- Fill in the form and upload the photo. The preview updates as you type.
- Download the card as an image for printing or for a digital badge.
- Make it yours (optional). Clone the template into your account to add your logo, match your brand colours or change the layout in the editor.
Badges for a whole team or event
ID cards are rarely made one at a time. A new intake of students, a conference with five hundred attendees or a company-wide badge refresh all need the same design with different names and photos.
- From a spreadsheet. Export your staff list, class roster or ticket list, add a column with photo links, and generate a card for every row in one batch.
- From your systems. HR tools, registration platforms and school systems can call the image generation API to create a badge automatically when someone joins or registers.
- Consistent and correct. Every card uses the same layout, so there is no copy-and-paste error on card number 312.
See the pricing page for bulk and API limits.
Design tips for readable ID cards
- Prioritise the photo and name. Security staff and colleagues glance at them first.
- Use colour to signal roles. Different colours for staff, visitors, speakers or access levels make badges readable at a glance.
- Keep text large enough to print. Small details become unreadable on a physical card.
- Do not invent security features. If you need real barcodes, chips or holograms, add them through your card printer's system.
- Announce the people behind the badges. Pair new staff badges with a new employee welcome post, or event badges with speaker announcements.