Create branded emails with customized layouts

To send more professional looking emails inside and outside of your organization, you can use Google Workspace to:

• Create branded emails 
• Use customizable layouts

Try Google Workspace Individual

 

Before you start

You can create branded emails with these Google Workspace editions:

• Business Standard
• Business Plus
• Enterprise Starter
• Enterprise Standard
• Enterprise Plus
• Education Standard
• Education Plus

If you don't see the feature, you may need to contact your Google Workspace administrator.

Tip: Workspace Individual subscribers can fully customize email designs using a different version of Layouts. Learn more about creating branded emails with Workplace Individual here. 

Create a branded email

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. In the top left, click Compose .
3. At the bottom of the window, click Layouts .
4. If you haven’t used layouts before, click Customize styling.
5. Enter details to build your design. You can customize your layout with:
   • Logos
   • Colors
   • Fonts
   • Images
   • Footer Details
   • Links
6. After you change your preferences, click Save & continue. 
   • Style changes only affect your new email layout.
   • Tip: You can include your business name and address in the footer details.
7. Select a layout.
8. Click Insert.
9. After you add the layout to the body of the email, you can add text and images or remove sections you don’t want.
   • If you include a button, make sure you set a link for the button.
   • If you add images, Google recommends you include alt text in case an image is not rendered. Alt text also helps people who use screen readers better understand your branded email.
   • To change an image in an email template:
     1. Click the image Change image.
     2. Select an image.
     3. Click Next.
     4. Crop the image as needed.
     5. Click Insert.