Summary
Alexander Zacherl is a game and systems designer with 12 years of experience exploring how incentives and mechanics shape social dynamics, currently running his own studio from London. He has led research-driven environment design at DeepMind and contributed to AI safety and policy through roles at the UK AI Safety Institute and as Vice-Chair for a working group on the European AI Act. Equally comfortable directing small studios and contributing to technical research, he blends creative product leadership with rigorous experimentation in interactive systems. Trained in media management and online marketing, he brings a rare combination of storytelling, player-facing design, and policy-aware technical insight to projects that sit at the intersection of play, behavior, and governance.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
International Diploma Online Marketing, International Diploma Online Marketing at dda - die dialog akademie
Bachelor of Arts Media Management (PR and Communications), Bachelor of Arts Media Management (PR and Communications) at Macromedia Hochschule für Medien und Kommunikation
German, English