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PROPER SEARCH

Powered by people, process, technology and community. We are a specialty Executive Search firm that connects businesses with the leaders required to power what's next.

Trust By Top Companies

Athletic Greens (AG1)

"The Proper Search team consistently exceeded the high bar we set."

Title: Director of Talent Acquisition 

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Key Hires

Chief of Staff

VP of Growth

VP of Retention

Dir. Product Design

VIVIDLY

“The've been a true partner whose constantly delivered."

Title: Co-Founder

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Key Hires

Vice President of Marketing

Vice President of Product

ODEKO

“My go-to search partner when I need a hire and can't miss"

Title: CEO

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Key Hires

President

CFO

Flow Water

"We had to get this hire right. That's why we choose Proper Search and we were not disappointed"

Title: CEO

Flowater

Key Hire

CRO

Zena Nutrition

"Proper Search has been critical to our growth and success. We consider them interregnal part of the business"

Title: CEO

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Key Hires

VP of Ecommerce

SVP of FDM

VP of Science & Innovation

Sr. Brand Manager

A winning track record

We don’t just place people; we build world-class companies. As domain experts, we’re the partner founders can trust from Seed through Exit.

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409

Successful Placements

72

Hours to first candiate review

6:1

Avg. Present to hire ratio

~70%

Of new clients come from referrals

Why Proper

Consumer Brand Experts

Our teams spend each working hour, reaching out and speaking with top talent across CPG, Consumer Tech & E-comm tech. Allow our pulse on the market to act as your differentiator.

Track Record

100's of happy clients & candidates and more then 409 candidate offers achieved across our portfolio of clients.

Scalable

We have codified a sophisticated approach to search. Our SearchOS framework relies on a highly developed combination of art and tech applied to recruiting IQ and EQ.

HIgh tech.<br/> High touch.

HIgh tech.
High touch.

Scouted is a tightly integrated suite of best in-class technology to harness the power of AI and recruitment focused LLMs

Powered by AI

To automate company mapping, candidate profiling, sourcing and pitch Process.

Run by People

Our people pick up where the tech leaves off to deliver the human touch people seek while providing an end to end a white-glove concierge experience.

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HIgh tech.<br/> High touch.

Who we work with

We build executive teams for growth stage and venture backed consumer brands.

CPG
Health & Wellness
Food & Beverage
Consumer technology
E-Commerce Tech
Venture capital & Private equity

400 successful placements and counting

Digital Creative Director

Vice President E-commerce

Vice President, Science and Innovation

Sr. Director Brand Activation

Chief Financial Officer

Sr. Creative Director

Dir. Supply Chain

President

Senior Vice President

Chief Financial Officer

Vice President of Finance

Vice President of Digital Marketing

Chief Revenue Officer

Vice President of Retention & Growth

Chief Revenue Officer

Head of Product

Head of Applied Data Science & Analytics

Chief Growth Officer

A Complete Recruiter System architected on a 6-pillar human-desire framework infusing art (people IQ/EQ) and science (tech + data) to streamline the recruitment process and help our clients achieve major breakthroughs by acquiring extraordinary executive talent who hit milestones

Discovery

Process discovery meetings, job spec intake and company knowledge capture.

Design

Design campaign process to determine the appropriate frame work required to achieve the mutually agreed goal.

Build

A tightly integrated suite of best in-class technology to harness the power of AI to automate the source & pitch portion of the recruitment process to garner warm candidate leads.

Validate

Knowledge cascade, Delivery readiness, System & process testing, Persona review & 360 mapping.

Execute

Implement, test, report, adjust...repeat!

Manage

Deliver our white glove partner success program that includes weekly updates, check-ins & KPI reviews.

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We find leaders to propel your business.

Verticalized teams enable us to streamline the talent acquisition process. A snap shot of our core competencies.

Leadership

President

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Revenue Officer

Chief Digital Officer

Chief Sales Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Product officer

Chief Technology Officer

Board

Marketing

Digital Growth

Partnerships

Media

E-commerce

Sales

FDM

Grocery

C-store

Speciality

VMS

Brand

Product Design

Brand

UI/UX

Operations

Innovation

Supply Chain

Quality

Procurement

What it's like to work with us

A service so good you'll never need to go anywhere else for your search needs. Seriously!

Seamless Experience

We become an extended member of your team and can even live in your systems (slack, ATS, etc.) to ensure the best possible experience for both the candidate and your internal teams.

Scalable

A pricing model designed to scale with you.

Lightning Fast

We’ve developed geo and skill-specific community-driven hub and spoke models to identify and deliver the exceptional talent your business requires.

Track Record

100+ happy customers & candidates along with $100,000,000 in life time candidate offers via our search efforts with the candiate and client references to back it up.

Reporting

All engagements are tracked using mutually agreed upon KPI’s.

Consumer Brand Networks

Great talent knows great talent and that is why we offer our community a robust affiliate program. We know how to get in the doors others can't!

Proper vs.
Traditional Executive Search
Traditional Executive Search

Retainers

Flexible

33%

Fee %

Flexible

30%

Equity ask

Flexible

Yes

Avg. Days to find hire

~30

~55

Savings w/

$20K-$40K

In savings per role

Avg. 50%

Saved on retainer fees paid

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A proper search at a proper rate

Mutually beneficial pricing designed to scale. You asked, we delivered!

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Ignite

25%
Ideal for occasional leadership searches.

Ramp up

Dedicated principle recruiter

Dedicated research analyst

Talent + competitor mapping

Attend all key board / Executive Leadership meetings

Weekly status reports

Unlimited talent pipeline revisions

Avg. 7 day turn around per candidate batch

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Most popular package

Elevate

FLAT FEE
Designed to support multiple congruent leadership searches

Accelerate

Dedicated principle recruiter

Dedicated research analyst per role

Talent + competitor mapping per role

Attend all key board / Executive Leadership meetings

Weekly status reports per role

Unlimited Talent Pipeline Revisions

Avg. 7 day turn around per candidate batch

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Ascend

TIERED PRICING
Ideal for volume / complex organizational needs

Fully customized to meet your goals

Everything in Elevate

Scale based pricing

And more

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FAQs

Why Choose Proper?

Good question! Here is what we have to say about that.

  1. Domain Experts – Every day, our teams speak to top talent within the consumer space
  2. Proven track record – 409 hires and counting
  3. Scalable pricing – Designed to scale; A true partnership approach
  4. Tenure team – 50 + years of experience at your fingertips
  5. Community of affiliate partners – We pay to play! Do other recruiters give away their fee for intros? We don’t know of an

What technology do you use?

We’ve built a tightly integrated suite of technical tools specifically chosen to automate the source & pitch portion of the recruitment process. Using our proprietary recruitment architecture within Scouted, we’re able to derive 100+ data points, create look-alike personas, allowing us to identify the ideal candidate bio for your open positions quickly.

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How fast will I receive my first batch of talent?

On average, most requests are completed within 1 business week or less after candidate alignment has been completed. However, more complex requests can take longer.

Is there any recruiting work or skill set level you don't cover?

It’s not often we come across a role we don’t have experience in. That said, and as your partner, if your need is better suited for a different search partner, we’ll be the first to tell you. We’re not here to win business, we’re here to win your trust!

As a reminder, we typically support skillsets within these Orgs:

  • Marketing (Digital)
  • Brand
  • Product
  • Sales
  • Ops
  • Finance

How does your community work?

Simply put, great talent knows great talent. That is why we’ve developed a robust affiliate program to amplify the introduction of experts to our recruiters allowing us to get in the room others can’t.

How do I put in a request for another search?

For the fastest turnaround, please reach out via call or email to your dedicated Execute Sponsor overseeing your account.

What is SearchOS

SearchOS is the basis of our Complete Recruiter System we created. Highlighting a 6-pillar human-desire framework which infuses art (people IQ/EQ) and science (tech + data) to streamline the recruitment process and help our clients like you achieve major breakthroughs by acquiring the talent required to hit milestones.

SearchOS and its 6-pillar framework have allowed us to achieve 409 successful placements to date!

  1. Deiscovery
  2. Desgin
  3. Build
  4. Validate
  5. Execute
  6. Manage

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We don’t just place people, we build world class companies. As domain experts, we’re the one partner founders can trust to identify the leaders required to HIT milestones.

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