Profile

Anita Lykke Klausen

Marketing leader with a background in neuromarketing. Builds marketing departments, drives growth and combines strategy, execution and AI-driven process automation. Former CMO at BoxNow and co-author of Denmark's first textbook on digital marketing. Based in Copenhagen.

1M+
downloads · the podcast Digitale Tanker
−75%
CAC in six months · BoxNow
90,000+
followers built from zero · Bolius
550,000+
downloads · NemID launch

Figures are published in Anita's own LinkedIn posts and profile.

About Anita

Anita Lykke Klausen is a Danish marketing leader specialising in neuromarketing, brand strategy and growth. She has seen the field from every angle — specialist, manager, group management and CMO — across agency, in-house, commercial, NGO and the public sector.

She started working with neuromarketing early: why people actually buy, and how to reach the decision before reason kicks in. That understanding has become a foundation she still builds on — most recently extended with AI, which she uses to structure, build and automate workflows. She is a strategist in the planning and a specialist in the execution.

Expertise

Marketing leadership · brand strategy & rebranding · growth (CAC, CPL, conversion) · neuromarketing · marketing automation & AI · content strategy · social media.

Career

2024–now

BoxNow

Head of Marketing → CMO

Responsible for marketing and growth. Rebranded the entire company — name, identity, product strategy and tone of voice. In the first six months: CAC −75%, CPL −57% and conversion rate doubled. Also built the systems that tie the business together across operations, sales and customer service.

2021–2024

IDEAL Ventures (formerly 1260 A/S)

Head of Social · Business Development Director · Marketing Director

Promoted to group management. Marketing Director for three of the group's four subsidiaries, with strategy and budget responsibility. Started as head of the Paid Social department.

2016–2023

AnitaLK

Independent · advisory & talks

Own company specialising in neuromarketing, run both full-time and alongside other roles. Advised GN Store Nord, Ørsted, DR, BWTdanmark and the Danish Refugee Council, among others. Taught for several years at IBA Business Academy and DMJX.

2019–2020

Operate

Advisor

Media advisor with budget responsibility. Led the launch campaign for the NemID key app for the Danish Agency for Digitisation — from 0 to more than 550,000 downloads.

2015–2019

Bolius — the Danish homeowners' knowledge centre

Community Manager → Head of Social & Campaign Lead

Built the social department from a single new position to a team of five, and a following from 0 to 90,000+. Campaign lead for Realdania, TrygFonden and VisitDenmark — including "Bo trygt!", which cut burglaries by 22% after the first campaign year.

Selected results

−75%
customer acquisition cost in six months · BoxNow
conversion rate · BoxNow
90,000+
followers built from zero · Bolius
−22%
burglaries after year one · "Bo trygt!"
550,000+
app downloads · NemID launch
1M+
podcast downloads · Digitale Tanker

Books, talks & podcast

Awards

The M Talents 2020, Dansk Markedsføring — a list of 20 talents in the Danish marketing industry. Kforum thesis award 2016 (3rd place) for the thesis "The Social Fix".

Worked with

Tivoli·Ørsted·DR·GN Store Nord·Danish Agency for Digitisation (NemID)·TrygFonden·Realdania·VisitDenmark·Danish Refugee Council·BWTdanmark·Cofoco·Shark Gaming·SIND

Testimonials

"A very ambitious, inspiring and open person — the kind of student every supervisor dreams of. Her specialist knowledge and personality are an enormous resource for any company working with social media."

— Pernille Rydén, PhD, Anita's thesis supervisor at CBS

"Competent advice. Short, effective meetings. Fast follow-up. Good results. At SIND we are very satisfied with the collaboration and the results."

— Henrik Harring Jørgensen, Head of Communications, SIND — the Danish national association for mental health

Education & facts

Master's degree from Copenhagen Business School in International Business Communication with a specialisation in intercultural market studies (2013–2015, final grade 12/A). Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Denmark. Continuing education in cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence (Folkeuniversitetet).

Based in
Copenhagen, Denmark
Education
MSc, Copenhagen Business School
Role
Chief Marketing Officer
Known for
Neuromarketing, digital marketing, the textbook, the podcast Digitale Tanker
Awards
The M Talents 2020 · Kforum thesis award
Wikidata

Press: Bureaubiz · Markedsføring.dk (The M Talents 2020). Read this page in Danish →

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