What is a group work anniversary card?

A group work anniversary card is a digital card a team signs together to mark a colleague's years of service, one year, five, ten or twenty, from one shared link. Everyone adds their own message, photo, video or GIF from anywhere, and the finished card is delivered to the employee on their anniversary date. It's a simple, genuine piece of employee recognition that a whole team can be part of.

Choose from our popular work anniversary card designs

Why send a digital work anniversary card?

A digital work anniversary card makes it easy for a team to create a shared group card online, even across hybrid or remote offices.

Everyone gets to sign

The whole team, wherever they are. One link, and no one is left out of the celebration.

It looks the part

Professionally designed, AI-enhanced artwork that marks the milestone properly, however many years it is.

No account needed to sign

Contributors just open the link and write their message. No app to download, and no login.

Schedule the send

Land the card in their inbox on their exact anniversary date, even if it's signed and ready early.

Photos, videos & GIFs

Contributors can add a favourite work memory, record a video message, or drop in a celebratory GIF.

Never miss the date

Switch on annual reminders and each anniversary comes to you, so nobody's milestone quietly slips past.

Award-winning, too: ExpressWithACard was named Digital Greetings Card Platform of the Year 2026/27 by the Prestige Awards.

Trusted by teams at leading organisations

GOV.UK
Boots
English Heritage
Cancer Research UK
NHS
Sky
Coca-Cola

Create a heartfelt group card in 3 simple steps

Create or choose a card

Select a design that feels encouraging, uplifting, or light‑hearted.

Invite everyone to sign

Share a simple link so friends, family, or the whole team can leave messages, photos, videos, GIFs, and memories. No account needed for sign‑ups

Send it when the moment is right

Send instantly or schedule delivery. The recipient gets an email with the card, available to view and download as a PDF.

What to write for a work anniversary

A one-year card and a ten-year card shouldn't read the same. Here are ideas that fit the milestone, whatever number it is.

One year

  • Happy first year! A year ago you were the new starter, now you're the one we go to when something breaks at 4:55 on a Friday. So glad you stuck around.
  • One year down! You've gone from finding your feet to holding half of us up. Here's to the next one.

Five years

  • Five years! Long enough to have properly shaped this team, the way you do things has rubbed off on all of us. Here's to the next five.
  • Half a decade of you, and the place genuinely works differently because of it. Thank you, and happy anniversary.

Ten years

  • A decade in, and a steady hand through every change this place has been through. Your fingerprints are all over how we work. Happy 10 years.
  • Ten years of showing up and quietly making everything better. That's a legacy. Thank you for all of it.

A big milestone (20+)

  • Twenty years is a career in itself, and what a one. Thank you for the milestones, the mentoring, and the fixing of things nobody else noticed.
  • Two decades. There aren't many who could say that, and even fewer we'd be this glad to celebrate. Here's to you.

From their manager

  • Thank you for another year of steadiness and sound judgement, it doesn't go unnoticed, even when things are busy. Here's to many more.
  • It's a genuine pleasure having you on this team. Happy anniversary, and thank you for everything you bring to it.

Keep it short

  • Happy work anniversary! So glad you're on this team.
  • Here's to you and all the years. Cheers!
  • Thanks for being brilliant. Happy anniversary!

Make it extra special

Add a gift card

Pair your card with a smart eGift card the recipient can redeem at one of 200+ popular UK retailers. Here are some of the favourites.

Frequently asked

Everything you need to know

Create a card on ExpressWithACard, share the link with the team via email or Slack, and let everyone add their own message, photo, video, or GIF. Once it's ready, send it straight to the employee's inbox or schedule it for their anniversary date.

Match the message to the milestone and name one specific thing the person does. A first year can nod to how far they've come; a fifth or tenth should treat the milestone as the achievement it is. Skip filler like "hard work and dedication" and say what they've actually built into the team. See the year-by-year ideas above.

A 1-year message can celebrate how quickly they've become part of the furniture. A 5-year one should recognise that they've shaped how the team works. A 10-year message is closer to a tribute, a steady force through every change the place has been through. In each case, one concrete detail beats a paragraph of praise.

Corporate filler. Phrases like "valued team player", "hard work and dedication" and "asset to the team" signal you haven't really noticed what the person does. Swap them for a specific moment, habit or contribution, it's the single biggest thing that makes a message feel genuine.

Absolutely. They're a quick, thoughtful way for HR, managers and peers to celebrate loyalty and milestones, from a first-year anniversary to a 20-year career. See our employee recognition and HR teams pages for how it fits alongside everything else.

Yes! Add a Gift Collection Pot to your work anniversary card and the team can pool a gift to mark the milestone, with no awkward cash collecting. The employee receives a smart eGift card alongside their card full of messages, redeemable across 200+ UK retailers. There's no extra cost to the organiser to set one up.

Work anniversary cards start from £2.00 as a one-off, with no subscription. See our pricing page for current plans.