Karen Brewer

Karen Brewer leads Global Product Marketing for the Professional Design and 3D category at Adobe, including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Substance 3D Collection, and emerging products for creative professionals. Her responsibilities span marketing strategy, roadmap alignment, and customer experience. A passionate advocate for customer-centric marketing, Karen focuses on building meaningful connections and translating deep user insights into market-making strategies that foster engagement, while anticipating the evolving needs of the creative community.

Karen joined Adobe in 2023 and was also on the founding leadership team at Macromedia, driving through IPO prior to the acquisition by Adobe. Karen has spent most of her career in executive roles at leading graphics software companies and has also served as the Chief Marketing Officer at an e-commerce startup and a Higher Education software leader with a $3.5B exit. Karen holds a B.S. in Marketing with a minor in Graphic Design from Virginia Tech.