Adrienne Palmer

Adrienne Palmer has 13 years of experience in editorial leadership, branded content, and print and digital media. Through her consulting company, AP Media Group, she helps apparel decoration and wide-format digital print brands elevate their message and engage audiences through high‑impact content and strategy.

She is currently the VP of Fabric, an executive coaching program for progressive print shop owners.

She most recently served as the editor-in-chief of DTF Printing, a digital media company dedicated to helping apparel decorators in the direct-to-film space grow their businesses and brands. She managed DTF Printing’s website, newsletter, and social media accounts; hosted the DTF Printing Podcast; and served as executive director of the annual DTF Expo.

In 2012, she graduated from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism with a BA in magazine journalism. From 2012 to 2023, she held the roles of assistant editor, associate editor, managing editor, and editor-in-chief at Big Picture magazine; in 2019, she also took on the sister publication Screen Printing magazine. During her time with those brands, she spearheaded Big Picture's annual Women in Wide Format Awards and Best of Wide Format Awards, as well as Screen Printing's annual Rising Stars Awards and Women in Screen Printing Awards. She also created The Mentorship Project, hosted the Screen Saver podcast, and represented the Big Picture and Screen Printing teams at numerous industry events year-round as a speaker, moderator, and panelist.

She is the recipient of the 2019 Folio: Top Women in Media Award and the 2024 Women’s Voice Award presented by the Reggies. She serves as secretary of the U.N.I.T.E. Together diversity and inclusion program for the print industry and beyond, and sits on the boards of the Printing United Alliance's Women in Print Alliance and the North American Specialty Printing Manufacturers Association.