Owen D.
Founder & Principal Recruiter @Shape Search
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WORK HISTORY
Founder & Principal Recruiter @Shape Search
Toronto, ON, CA
Shape Search is a boutique recruiting firm specializing in leadership hiring for growth-stage brands. With hands-on experience building and scaling brands in these industries myself, I bring a practical understanding of what great teams need to grow.
EDUCATION
OCAD University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Design
SKILLS
ABOUT OWEN D.
Owen Deng is the Founder and Principal Recruiter of Shape Search. Before entering recruitment, he held executive roles in growth-stage companies, where he built teams, led cross-functional initiatives, and made hiring decisions that directly affected execution speed and business outcomes. That operator experience shapes his approach to search. Owen understands how founders evaluate risk, how growth-stage priorities shift under pressure, and how a single leadership hire can either unlock momentum or stall progress. His work focuses on mid-to-senior leadership hiring within retail and consumer brands. In addition, he brings cross-market experience supporting companies operating across international regions, providing a broader lens on how culture and market dynamics shape effective leadership. Clients engage Owen for his ability to identify leaders who drive performance at critical growth stages. His background as a business leader, paired with cross-market experience, allows him to assess leadership with clarity, precision, and real-world accountability.
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