Are you a designer in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, or South Asia? Join our vetted community of HCD professionals and collaborate with peers from across the Global South. Strengthen your skills, connect with new opportunities, and help shape solutions for low-income communities worldwide.
Inspiration, paid project work and personal growth in a peer network of practitioners doing the same kind of work in very different contexts.
Expand your international network and share insights with peers from all contexts across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Get the opportunity to be on paid consultancy projects for international and national clients, and work with multidisciplinary teams.
Access webinars, toolkits and peer learning events, while accelerating your growth through mentorship and structured feedback from senior practitioners.
A working network of practitioners living and working in the regions we serve — not flying in from elsewhere.
Countries with active practitioners
Continents — Africa, Middle East, S/SE Asia, Latin America
Vetted HCD professionals in the network
All Proportion Global members are part of our private group on the Innovators Team platform, where the day-to-day of the community happens.
Connect with peers through the group feed and direct messages.
Upload and access reports, toolkits, case studies and learning materials.
Join or host design challenges, co-create solutions and test prototypes with diverse stakeholders.
Access structured training in HCD, systems thinking and entrepreneurship.
Use all features on the go and download content for offline access in low-connectivity areas.
Hosted on innovators.team · Private group · Members only
Membership is by application. We’re looking for senior practitioners living and working in the regions we serve. Vetting is real, and the community is stronger because of it.
Start here
Read the information pack thoroughly. Available in English, French and Spanish.
~10 min
Submit your details, CV and portfolio through our application form.
Remote · 30 min
When eligible, you will be invited for a remote interview with one of our regional leads.
Outcome
You are welcomed when meeting the minimal criteria. Directory listing live, platform profile created.
Five practitioners across South Africa, India, Portugal, Nigeria and Kenya on what the community means to them.
“Human-centered design is not something you can do on your own. It is a team sport.
“I enjoy the freedom of being independent, while benefiting from the support of a strong peer network.
“There is a lot of value in sharing and collaborating with experts from different countries and cultures.
“I believe in diversifying HCD experience across the world. Proportion is the community you want to be part of.
“The community helps me to get better. Not only in work, but also in my personal life.
