Brand expertise first

ACi Studios was co-founded by Nick Aldrich the founder/CEO of Hangar Seven, the UK's largest traditional photographic studio as well as Giles Mosley one of the UK’s leading creative and brand experts. Our team has worked with many of the world's biggest brands and retailers across retail, fashion, FMCG and consumer sectors.


We've produced tens of thousands of images before AI ever touched photography.


Now, with our Advanced Creative Intelligence platform we bring that legacy into a new era.


ACi Studios is a UK-based creative and technology business built for the next generation of visual content production.


ACi brings over 30 years of expertise in brand photography, creative direction and retail imagery now combined with our own proprietary AI technology.

Our story

For decades, we worked at the heart of the photographic industry producing high volume, high quality imagery for some of the world's most recognised brands and retailers.


Brands including global fashion leaders, FMCG giants and major UK retailers trusted us to build their visual identity, campaign after campaign.


But the world changed.


Retail went digital. Speed became critical. Content volume exploded. Budgets could not keep up.


Traditional photography alone could no longer serve the scale modern brands demanded.


So we evolved.



ACi Studios was created to bring that depth of photographic and marketing experience together with Advanced Creative Intelligence, our in-house AI image creation platform built specifically for brands and retailers.

Our philosophy

We don't believe AI should replace creativity.


We believe it should protect it, amplify it, scale it and make it more accessible through cost savings.


Our founders and creative directors are brand experts first, not engineers.


Our engineers are visual thinkers, not just coders.



Everything we build is guided by one principle. Great brands deserve great imagery, even when producing at scale and on a budget.

AI built for brand consistency

Most AI tools focus on speed.


We focus on brand accuracy, consistency and creative integrity.



Our Advanced Creative Intelligence platform is trained around your specific design language, visual rules and brand identity not generic internet data.


This is AI purpose built for brands and retailers.

Our team

Our team brings together:


  • Former leaders from the UK's largest photographic studios

  • Creative directors and brand consultants with international retail experience


  • AI engineers building proprietary creative intelligence systems at global scale

  • Fashion and lifestyle stylists with fashion marketing expertise


  • Production specialists experienced in high volume retail workflows

  • Professional photographers who know what's expected and how to achieve it



Together, we combine craftsmanship, creative intelligence and machine learning into a single production ecosystem.

Nick Aldrich

CEO

Nick was a co-founder and the CEO of Hangar Seven, the UK's largest photographic and content business that was acquired by the Hut Group in 2017. Nick has over 35 years' experience in running creative and photographic businesses and has worked with eight out of ten of the UK's largest retailers as well as global brands such as adidas, Disney, Unilever and Xbox. Nick's shared vision with Giles was to create the next level of image creation business harnessing the best in class of technology. Nick is responsible for the direction and growth of ACi Studios.

Giles Mosley

Managing & Creative Director

Giles is a highly experienced and accomplished creative director with over three decades of experience in FMCG creative and marketing. His understanding of creative photography and composition mixed with a passion for technology has been a big driver in the success of ACi Studios. The creation of an AI enabled business run and managed by creative professionals with unrivalled backgrounds. Giles is responsible for the day-to-day workflow of the business as well as the high calibre creative output.

Natalie Mosley

Creative Account & Styling Director

Natalie brings extensive fashion expertise and client relationship management to ACi Studios. With formal training in fashion marketing and senior experience at Panache Lingerie managing global brand partnerships, she founded her own successful lingerie brand, Lucy May. As Creative Account Manager and Styling Director, Natalie leads client relationships and creative styling vision, ensuring on-brand fashion styling, compelling room sets and environments that authentically represent each client's visual identity.

What makes us different

Most AI image tools are built for mass use.


ACi is built for brand use.


We develop our technology in-house. We train it on your brand. We integrate it into your workflow.



This makes us different and unique from generic AI platforms and traditional studios alike.

Our mission

To help brands and retailers generate brand-accurate visual content at scale using AI, without sacrificing quality, ethics or creative integrity.