Department of Art & Design Staff
- Assistant Professor / Graphic Design & Imagewest Co-Director
- kara.williamsglenn@wku.edu
- FAC 255
- https://www.karawilliamsglenn.com/
- Curriculum Vitae
- Graphic Design Digital Design, Print Design, Web Design
- Advertising Branding, Campaigns, Social Media
- Marketing Target Audience Analysis, Analytics & Testing
With a penchant for creative results-driven work, Kara Williams Glenn leads Western Kentucky University’s award-winning, student-intern staffed, AD + PR + Design agency, Imagewest. A former WKU and Imagewest alumna, Williams Glenn is committed to immersing students in the agency experience that Imagewest provides, helping them excel in the industry before they leave collage through the production of quality work delivered to real clients on real deadlines.
Blending a formal background in creative design with a passion for marketing, Williams Glenn has proven her dedication to success in both agency and in-house settings in a wide array of industries from corporate/industrial to non-profit. Her vision for Imagewest is to empower Imagewest’s interns to achieve their own ambitions while simultaneously guiding the agency towards a productive cycle with an extensive monthly clientele, giving students opportunities to apply their skills in many scenarios while generating revenue to support the program.
Williams Glenn understands the importance of continuous improvements in every aspect of the business. She works closely with the Imagewest interns to develop business relationship strategies that create, cultivate, and maintain agency clients and ensure client satisfaction. It’s a delicate balance between fostering student independence and encouraging their talent thorough review, but it’s this balance that lets students grow and thrive, making Imagewest an invaluable experience. As someone who understands both the culture of Imagewest personally and the realities of agency life, Williams Glenn is perfectly suited to challenge interns to work past their own expectations and grow as career professionals.
She resides in Bowling Green with her husband and their three beautiful cats.
Master of Fine Art
Full Sail University
Media Design,
Thesis Project: “Community & City Branding”
Graduation: 2019
Valedictorian
Bachelor of Fine Art
Western Kentucky University,
Concentration Graphic Design,
Graduation:2011
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Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning Teaching Honors Nominee, 2020 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2020
Valedictorian - Full Sail University, 2019 Advanced Achievement - Full Sail University, 2019 Course Director’s Award - Full Sail University, 2019 Course Director’s Award - Full Sail University, 2019 Graphic Design USA Student to Watch, 2019 How International Design Award Student, 2019 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2019
Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning Teaching Honors Nominee, 2019 Dow Jones News Fund Workshop Grant, 2018 Malahide Chamber of Commerce Certificate of Achievement, 2018 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2018 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2018
Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2017
Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2017
Bucks for Bright Ideas Award, 2016 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2016
Professional Marketing Association Marketer of the Year, 2015 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2015
Professional Marketing Association Best in Show, 2014 Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2014
Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2013
Professional Marketing Association Markie Award, 2012
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Professional Marketing Association | 2012-Current
AIGA | 2020 - Current
Advertising Federation | 2019 - Current
Williams Glenn served her community on the board of the Professional Marketing Association as President (2016) and Vice President of Communications (2015).
Imagewest Alumni 2010, 2011
Girl Scouts of America | Lifetime Member
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