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Lauri Enckell

LAURI ENCKELL

lauri.enckell@gmail.com
+358451491353
Lisbon, Portugal

SUMMARY

Proven brand leader with experience scaling brands to €15M ARR and acquiring 100,000+ customers through low-CAC, high-impact campaigns. Grew brand awareness from 15% to 70% and built the country's most-loved sustainability brand.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Marketing Consultant

Freelance

2024 - CURRENT
  • Working with clients on Fractional basis to grow customer acquisition and key KPI's.
  • Built SoaS tools for Brand Marketers.

Founder

Future Ventures

2022 - 2024
  • Developed brand strategy and GTM plan for a hospitality startup, repositioning underperforming hotels into digital nomad colivings.
  • Built and launched an automated retail concept with self-service kiosks for fresh food, refining brand identity and customer journey before pivoting.
  • Applied a founder's mindset to brand growth, rapidly testing, iterating, and validating business models.

Head of Brand

Smart Food (Fiksuruoka.fi, Foodello.nl)

2018 - 2022
  • Scaled grocery e-commerce from €1M to €15M ARR, expanded to three countries (Finland, Netherlands, Belgium), and grew brand awareness from 15% to 70%.
  • Rebranded Fiksuruoka to Foodello, securing European trademarks and aligning branding for international markets.
  • Led a five-person brand team and campaign adoption across two countries, ensuring local marketing alignment.
  • Built brand tracking, consumer polling (Pollfish), and DAM systems, improving brand consistency and marketing execution.
  • Scaled a challenger brand from early-stage to €15M ARR, growing brand awareness from 15% to 70% and increasing customer acquisition through strategic repositioning.
  • Built and led a high-performing brand team, creating scalable campaign systems and creative workflows that supported international expansion.
  • Launched multiple brands in hospitality, ghost kitchens, and automated retail, leading brand positioning, GTM execution, and customer acquisition.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Built brand tracking, consumer polling (Pollfish), and DAM systems, improving brand consistency and marketing execution.
  • Scaled a challenger brand from early-stage to €15M ARR, growing brand awareness from 15% to 70% and increasing customer acquisition through strategic repositioning.
  • Built and led a high-performing brand team, creating scalable campaign systems and creative workflows that supported international expansion.
  • Launched multiple brands in hospitality, ghost kitchens, and automated retail, leading brand positioning, GTM execution, and customer acquisition.

SKILLS

Brand Growth & Positioning

Scaling brands through strategic repositioning, category creation, and data-driven storytelling.

Omnichannel Marketing & Acquisition

Leading high-ROI campaigns across TV, OOH, social, search, and influencer marketing to maximize reach and engagement.

Brand Operations & Creative Execution

Building DAM systems, structured workflows, and scalable creative processes for high-efficiency brand execution.

EDUCATION

BBA - Bachelor Of Business Administration

Rotterdam Business School, Netherlands

2015 - 2018
  • International Business
  • Exchange Program: North Eastern University, Chicago
  • Internship: Talent Management & PR, D&A Media Group, South Africa