Viktor Gustafsson

Senior Product Designer | AI & UX Research

Salary / Daily rate

Toulouse, France

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

Game DesignProduct StrategyUser ResearchUX Product DesignHTMLPythonGitBlockchainJavascriptProduct MarketingCSSProduct ManagementProduct OwnershipWeb3WooCommerceDesign ThinkingAIGo-to-marketGitHubWebflowFramerScrumBasecampConfluenceJiraBusiness DevelopmentBranding StrategyWeb DesignAdobe PhotoshopFigmaStrategy & ConsultingNotionGoogle AdsUI Product DesignMarketing Strategy

Languages

English

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.

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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

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