9 Winning Digital Signage Templates By Category: Menus & More
August 31, 2024
In today’s digital age, capturing attention is an art. The inundation of visual stimuli has made digital signage a critical tool for businesses, schools, and organizations to communicate effectively.
However, not all digital signage is created equal. That's where the magic of design templates comes into play. Digital signage templates are pre-designed layouts used to create content for digital displays.
There is one challenge however—sifting through the endless sea of options.
With the thousands upon thousands of templates available, finding the right template can be quite burdensome.
So that is what we have done for you.
In this guide, we present a list of our winning templates for a variety of use cases, and how you can go about utilizing them for your own digital signs.
Our winning digital display templates
Here’s the list of our winning template designs.
🏆 Best restaurant menu template
Why it’s great:
We love this Canva restaurant menu template. The dark chalkboard background with the selective chalk marks adds a rustic charm and gives a lot of character to the design. The white text pops and is easy to read in the simple column format. What makes this one of our favorite digital signage TV templates is the way the food stands out. Utilizing the white dishes provides a sharp contrast that makes the food stand out. And, it provides an easy method to incorporate images of your own dishes
What this template includes:
100% fully customizable
Edit and download on the go
Millions of photos, videos, and elements that can be added
Easy adjustments and editing
Simple drag and drop functionality
How to use this template:
Access the template through the link and sign into Canva.
Customize the text to include your menu items, prices and restaurant name
If you serve different dishes than shown, replace the food images with your own (if you have them)—or find the right ones in the stock images
Incorporate your branding
Download the finished menu
Try an AI font generator if you want to create a totally custom look
🏆 Best office message board
Why it’s great:
What is great about this template page for office messages is its simplicity and contrast. The format makes any announcement easy to read and attention grabbing without being distracting. This template is also part of a 3 slide presentation stack focused on introducing new team members. So whether you want to use it as a three slide introduction for new team members, or just utilize it for office announcements, your messages are sure to be read.
What this template includes:
Fully customizable features
Simple block editing
Additional drag and drop features
3 slide presentation stack with consistent design features
AI writing assistance
How to use this template:
Go to the template page and click “Create”
Log in or create an account with Venngage
Select template page from the navigation menu
Edit the contents
Download the finished announcement
🏆 Best retail sale signage
Why it’s great:
This summer sale template is a great option for retail sales. It is simple, bold and attention grabbing which makes it one of our favorite digital signage boards. What we love the most about it is how easy it can be customized. Summer can become shoes, dresses or anything else that is more specific. There is enough blank space to even add an image or two of specific items on sale without overcrowding the design. Another plus is that you can easily change the contrasting color pairs and transform it to match different seasons or holidays.
What this template includes:
Fully customizable design
Mobil edit features
Millions of photos, videos, and elements that can be added
Easy adjustments and editing
Simple drag and drop functionality
How to use this template:
Sign into Canva
Go to the template page and click “Customize this template”
Adjust the contrasting colors to match the season or style of your sale
Edit the text and adjust the placement
Add any images of sale items
Incorporate your branding
Download the finished sign
🏆 Best reporting dashboard
Why it’s great:
Reporting dashboards need to be clean and concise. They need to convey data and information in a way that is easy to interpret and updatable. That’s why Visme’s simple marketing dashboard template made the top of our list.
In addition to the clean and easy to read format, Visme provides many widgets, charts, and graphics to showcase your data. You can easily import your data through Google Sheets and connect with Google Analytics to make your reporting dashboard stay up to date with your data.
What this template includes:
Simple chart and graph data presentation
Ability to link to Google Analytics for real time reporting
Publish to the web for continued tracking on your digital display
Customizable graphics to match your brand
Many interactive features
How to use this template:
Select the template link and login to Visme
Select the different charts and graphs and upload or link your data
Adjust the coloring and text
Click share to publish
Embed the dashboard into your signage solution
🏆 Best event schedule board
Why it’s great:
When it comes to conferences you want to keep everyone moving in step with the schedule. That's what you get with this winning event template designed by VistaCreate. The simple design of the grayscale background with the color contrasting blocks makes the schedule super easy to read and follow. The ease of editing this format to match your brand is also a major plus so you can focus on the more pressing issues of event planning.
What this template includes:
Easy editing features including automated color style changes
Simple drag and drop format
Mask features for dynamic outlines of images
Downloadable in multiple formats including GIF (so you can add animations)
How to use this template:
Go to the template page and click “Use this template”
Sign in to VistaCreate
Go to the “Styles” tab to automatically change the color and font pallets
Edit text and speaker images
WHen finished, click share and select the download format or sharing options (such as the embed code)
🏆 Best announcement template
Why it’s great:
This announcement template is sure to grab attention. The easy-to-read contrasting text has the key information in large text so anybody who sees it will know what the announcement is about. The simple speech box overlay further heightens the communicative nature of the sign. If you’ve got something to announce, then here is the template for you
What this template includes:
Fully customizable design
Quick color selection options
Millions of photos, videos, and elements that can be added
Easy adjustments and editing
Simple drag and drop functionality
How to use this template:
Sign into Canva
Go to the template page and click “Customize this template”
Adjust background and text colors
Ungroup the text to customize the layout
Edit the text and adjust the placement
Incorporate your branding
Download the finished sign
🏆 Best live social media feed display
Why it’s great:
This is our favorite template for live social media feeds. The waterfall format is easy to read and provides a great structure to the posts while also maximizing the available space. Images and videos are displayed with the text. And, you can pull content from all your favorite social platforms into a single feed. Curator also offers a free forever plan which is a defiant plus.
What this template includes:
Posts from social media feeds
Images and text from personal accounts and hashtag campaigns
Fully customizable format
Automatic and manual moderation options
Easy integration
How to use this template:
Login to Curator (or sign up if you don’t already have an account)
Pull content by selecting the “Create new feed” button and choosing the moderation style
Select the types of posts you want to display
Click “Style/publish feed” and select the waterfall template
Select a digital signage solution like our super easy-to-use web-based option
Integrate the feed into the signage solution you chose via the embed code
Launch the social media feed display
🏆 Best welcome screen template
Why it’s great:
This welcome sign template by Venngage is so clean and so customizable. That is why we have selected it in our bests list. The background image is great, but can also be easily swapped to transform this design from a school sign to an office, studio, salon, or any other business type. The tablet centered in the design is eye-catching. And, with the bold text it is easy to get your welcome message read.
What this template includes:
Fully customizable features
Simple block editing
Additional drag and drop features
3 slide presentation stack with consistent design features
AI writing assistance
How to use this template:
Start at the template page and click “Create”
Sign In to Venngage
Edit the contents
Download the finished announcement
🏆 Best employee recognition board template
Why it’s great:
Employee shout outs are great for morale—be it a welcome message for someone new or recognition for work well done. This employee recognition template offered by VistaCreate is our top choice for those shout outs. The clean and simple design puts your employee in the spotlight. And, the simple format makes it easy to customize to your brand.
What this template includes:
Easy editing features including automated color style changes
Simple drag and drop format
Mask features for dynamic outlines of images
Downloadable in multiple formats including GIF (so you can add animations)
How to use this template:
Start at the template page and click “Use this template”
Login to VistaCreate with your credentials
Go to the “Styles” tab to automatically change the color and font pallets
Replace image with your employee
Edit text to the message you want to share
Click “Share” when you are finished and select the download format or sharing options
When you start to transform your chosen template, take a moment to consider some design tips for any changes you want to make. And, don’t forget to choose the right content manager for displaying your designs. For those of you that are new to the game, here's what you’ll need to get your digital signage up and running.
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