First winner of the #GOJYSK competition

Date: 24/05/2018

Author: Martin Fyn Aamand, Head of Communications & PR

Andrew Gillen, District Manager in JYSK UK, wins the first round of the JYSK Influencer competition on GOJYSK.com.

The first winner of the JYSK Influencer competition on GOJYSK.com has been found.

After looking through all posts on Instagram tagged with #GOJYSK, colleagues from the HR and Communications departments have selected the post, which most signals “Bring Dedication. Meet possibilities”, one of JYSK’s four employee promises.

Andrew Gillen, District Manager in JYSK UK, posted this winning entry on 18 April:

A post shared by Andrew Gillen (@andrewgillen2402) on Apr 18, 2018 at 1:25pm PDT

As his prize, Andrew has been awarded a great diploma.

Two other posts came very close to winning, and we also want to give them both an honourable mention here:

A post shared by Miroslav Krajsa (@miroslav_krajsa) on Apr 10, 2018 at 2:49am PDT

A post shared by Christina Pape Pedersen (@c.pape) on Mar 23, 2018 at 12:57pm PDT

#GOJYSK

Check out many more posts on Instagram.

Next winner in August

The JYSK Influencer competition continues. To participate, all you have to do is post a photo or video to Instagram and tag it with #GOJYSK. In August, the next winner will be announced.

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