
Viktor Gustafsson
Senior Product Designer | AI & UX Research
Salary / Daily rate
Toulouse, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
PhD Product Design & Research Specialist with AI expertise and startup leadership experience. Led UX research for Web3 gaming collecting groundbreaking user behavior datasets, founded AI game startups, and currently driving growth through AI-powered design at DareData. Specialized in bridging cutting-edge AI technology with user-centered design to deliver data-driven product innovations.
Work experience
AI Product Designer (Growth & Marketing)
DareData
Jul 2025 - Present
1 year 4 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
Skills: Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Design · Prototyping · Generative AI · Generative AI Tools · Human-in-the-Loop Machine Learning · Machine Learning · Wireframing · Copywriting · Brand Development · Branding & Identity
Lead UX Researcher
Game7
Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
9 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
- Led research across multiple teams, delivering insights to product managers & stakeholders - Introduced novel AI tools to streamline the research process and communicate insights effectively - Conducted fundamental research in Web3 gaming, collecting one of the biggest data sets of Web3 gamer user behavior & demographics
Lead Game UX Designer
Arctic Theory
Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
11 months
Remote, OR 97458, USA
- Led design of new game AI systems & features - Built new agile design process for the team - Led documentation & developer hand-offs - Hands-on product prototyping & development
Founder & UX Director
Realspawn Studios
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year 3 months
Paris, France
www.unyhagame.com Building a new genre of multiplayer RPGs through our first game Unyha. By harnessing the power of player stories using our proprietary Autochronicle AI, we want to challenge old game design patterns and build games that feel as real as the real world. We believe that the future of gameplay is built by players in persistent game worlds, where they create the narratives and become real legends.
Game AI Startup Founder
Inria Startup Studio
Jan 2022 - Mar 2023
1 year 3 months
Paris, France
- Designed new AI game concept & built startup studio - Managed roadmap, team strategies, all documentation, developer hand-offs - Designed concept presentation & pitches - Led redesign of game prototype into polished MVP - Hands-on prototyping, scripting & level design in Unreal Engine
Founder & UX Director
Occies
Mar 2017 - Mar 2023
6 years 1 month
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
Occies is designer eyewear with screen light protection. We love digitalization, but are also painfully aware of how it affects our bodies. OCCIES is a pilot project for a series of tools that will help us cope with the change, so that we can continue evolving into awesomer human beings. OCCIES is designed to help you focus longer and live a healthy digital life without compromising what makes you, you. Your good looks!
Doctoral Candidate
Université Paris-Saclay
Oct 2018 - Dec 2021
3 years 3 months
7620 Paris, Denmark
Games & User Research
Entrepreneurs without borders
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
4 years 1 month
Supporter
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
2 years 1 month
Stepped down from an active role to fully pursue my PhD
Technical Coordinator and Designer
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
2 years 1 month
Entrepreneurs Without Borders is a vision of a globally connected network of innovators and entrepreneurs, in both physical offices as well as virtual ones, that help local inventors progress from idea to reality. Acting both online as well as IRL, the EWB network aims to connect challenges to people but also enable people to go to where the challenges are.
Research And Development Intern
Inria
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018
8 months
7620 Paris, Denmark
Skills: Problem Solving · Analytical Skills · Concept Development · New Business Development · Customer Insight · Product Road Mapping · Unreal Engine · Design Tools · Product Development · Stakeholder Management · Workshops
Head of Digital Media
Osqledaren
Jun 2014 - Jan 2016
1 year 8 months
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
My overall goal was to transition the analog-first newspaper into a multi-media platform. As media coordinator I was part of the executive team and had a say in all final decisions. Both practical issues and strategies for the future. On a more practical basis: I built a podcasting studio on school premises to invite other students to produce their own podcasts. By doing so we could use this as content for reaching out in social media and create value for students. I also produced in-house podcasts and web TV-series.
Co-Founder
Podda.se
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
2 years 1 month
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
During my first two years of KTH I was also heavily invested in a startup called Podda.se. Together with two other founders I launched a podcasting platform for the Swedish market with the goal to bring a monetisation component for this - at the time - new and expanding medium. As my partners were designer/front-end developer and the other one was a junior backend developer (in quite a demanding project) it left all of the other tasks up to me. Besides main responsibility for the idea itself I managed the team and working process, making sure we kept a steady phase and pushed forward. I kept track of competitors, managing social media channels and SEO-analysis. I managed business development and networking in the industry field which included managing and communicating with podcasts.
Eventpersonal
Onemotion
Jun 2010 - Jan 2015
4 years 8 months
Skills: Product Road Mapping · Product Development
Butikssäljare
Happy Homes Sverige
Jun 2010 - Jan 2015
4 years 8 months
Skills: Product Road Mapping · Product Development
Podcastansvarig
THS Näringsliv
Sep 2013 - Jan 2014
5 months
Skills: Product Road Mapping · Product Development
Säljare
fakta
Sep 2012 - Jan 2012
Education
Université Paris-Saclay
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2018 - 2021
3 years 3 months
Université Paris-Saclay
Master of Science in Engineering
2017 - 2018
1 year 1 month
EIT Digital Alumni
Master's degree
2016 - 2018
2 years 1 month
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Engineering
2013 - 2018
5 years 1 month
City University of Hong Kong
Exchange semester
2016 - 2016
1 month