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Jesper Haugaard

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Partner at By the Fire
📍 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Jesper Haugaard is a Partner at By the Fire, focusing on creating brand stories that move markets. With a background in Marketing Management, he challenges the industrys reliance on algorithms, advocating for a return to meaningful, human-centric narratives that build genuine connections rather than just chase clicks.

His professional passion lies in exploring the blend of art and entertainment within advertising. Jesper is driven by a mission to fix what he sees as broken brand communication, aiming to help companies flip the script from metrics-based marketing to creating stories that make people genuinely care.

He served as a jury member for the Creativepool Annual 2025, evaluating international creative campaigns.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
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Meaningful Storytelling
His core philosophy is to place "meaning over metrics and connection over clicks, " which is the mission of his agency, By the Fire.
Human-Centric Marketing
Believes growth hacks are found by understanding people and human triggers, not by optimizing for algorithms and machine features.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Partner
By the Fire
5-2024
Cofounder
Story Strategy
4-2023 - 10-2024
Performance Director
LUCKY CREATIVES
8-2022 - 10-2024
Senior Marketing Consultant
svveet
1-2020 - 8-2022
Co-founder & COO
Ree Fashion
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Education
Marketing Management
Danish Academy of Business and Technology
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