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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
- Working with clients on Fractional basis to grow customer acquisition and key KPI's.
- Built SoaS tools for Brand Marketers.
Founder
Future Ventures
- 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)
- 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
- International Business
- Exchange Program: North Eastern University, Chicago
- Internship: Talent Management & PR, D&A Media Group, South Africa