Phillip Maggs

Director of Generative AI Excellence
Phillip Maggs is the Director of Generative AI Excellence. That means he's charged with spearheading the Gen AI transformation of Superside's creative services, testing new tools and processes and being a subject matter expert. In his own words, Maggs is "good at new things." With decades under his belt as a creative technologist, there's no one we trust more to push Superside in new and exciting directions.
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How custom AI image models scale brand creative

You’ve got a set of brand icons—and now you need more. A lot more. Your lifestyle image library? Decent. But not quite right for the idea you’ve got in mind. And, at this point, you’re pretty sure your customers are playing bingo with all the recycled shots. AI is fast and efficient. But most off-the-shelf image and illustration tools (foundation models) are trained on generic data. You can prompt them and share samples. You’ll get close—but never close enough.