Meet The Team: Jurne Sleddens
This is our marketing manager, Jurne Sleddens. He is 26 Springs young and comes from the picturesque town of Duizel. This is somewhere 10 kilometers from the Belgian border or 15 kilometers below Eindhoven. For almost three years he has been living in Eindhoven, a ten-minute bike ride from our Eindhoven office. What he likes most about his work is the variety. One day he is setting up an email campaign, the next day he is tinkering with the website for better findability or organizing an event. He also gets a lot of freedom and responsibility to try and learn new things. Jurne doesn’t drink coffee so in the office he is Team Chocomel.
Preferably cycling abroad
Within Lixero, he is known for always being on vacation and going on crazy bike rides. Let that be exactly what he likes to do the most! His favorite vacation country is Italy or Peru. He loves good weather, beautiful nature, good food, history and culture. You can definitely wake Jurne up to go on vacation. And for Maltesers, and he doesn’t mean the dogs. Besides traveling, Jurne prefers to be on his bike, if possible in the mountains with a nice sun on his head.
A true sci-fi enthusiast
Furthermore, he also likes to watch a movie while enjoying a good wine. The best movie he has ever seen is Interstellar. It does take a bit longer but according to Jurne it is worth every minute of watching it. If you like a futuristic sci-fi action series he recommends Altered Carbon. A lesser known series but certainly no less fun for that! At number two the Norse mythology series Ragnarok and Deadly Class completes the stage for him. Jurne is a morning person, he actually always gets up immediately when his alarm clock rings. Nice workout or immediately focused to work. This way he starts the day right away.
Banging out the year
His guilty pleasure is the music of Taylor Swift. Or Oktoberfest music, he doesn’t care what time it is. In terms of food, he likes a good burger with bacon and cheddar. Complemented by a large portion of fries with Belgian mayo. Or a good piece of bavette is always good too. His favorite holiday is New Year because he has loved fireworks since he was a child. He also enjoys celebrating with family and friends and going out until the early hours. He used to want to become a tour guide in Egypt. After a few years, however, he found out that a job in marketing was a better idea for the long term.
Do what you like
One thing on his bucket list is to bike to Tanzania once from home and then climb Kilimanjaro. It seems like a cool adventure through different environments and cultures to him. His life motto is “Enjoy doing what you love, regardless of what others think of it. What he would like to give everyone is “The business of life is the acquisition of memories. Invest in experiences when you’re young, to get compounding returns on your memories”. He does the same himself with all his travels and outings.
