Karen Damwijk

Karen Damwijk serves as the Lead Instructor for the Graphic Design Certificate Program with SMU’s Continuing & Professional Education (CAPE) department, focusing on teaching Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, and Graphic Design Capstone. Additionally, Karen is an instructor for SMU Professional and Online, teaching various courses related to graphic and web design. As a Creative Marketing Director for Karen Damwijk, LLC since 2006, strategic, creative solutions for marketing and visual communication are developed for CEOs and small business owners. Karen has held various creative marketing positions at companies such as Cloud Cannabis, UPDC Beverages, SmartBeat, Ntelicor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Quest Medical, Inc., and Platinum Medical Solutions. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Graphic Design, Journalism, Media Design Production & Technology from Central Michigan University and multiple Master's degrees in Educational Technology and Educational/Instructional Technology from Lawrence Technological University.