KHASHAN CULMER- – c |-– h |-| 3 Star Estates, Nassau, Bahamas
Professional Profile: Seeking to leverage my digital marketing and journalism skills to accomplish the mission
and objectives at a reputable company or division.
Core Skills:
• Media Planning & Relations
• Copywriter
• Social Media Management
• Photography, Video Editing
Professional Work Experience:
President | Poitier Marketing & Communications Group.: 09/2013 – Present ● Nassau, Bahamas
Duties: Develop and manage consumer-driven promotions for individual and company brands,
manage social media platforms and digital advertising, event planning, graphic design, photography
and videography for local clients.
Retail Marketing Manager | Commonwealth Brewery.: 08/2016 – 03/19 ● Nassau, Bahamas
Duties: Developed and managed consumer-driven promotions, analyzed and developed promotional
strategies, maintained budgets and developed media briefs, managed social media platforms, comanaged and launched online retail store, presented quarterly/monthly reports to executive team.
Sr Product Marketing Manager | Unique Vacations Ltd.: 11/2013 – 1/2016 ● Nassau, Bahamas
Duties: Oversaw creative implementation, including online media, press releases, photo shoots, etc. Wrote
and copy-edited articles for online and print media. Oversaw editorial and advertising for in-room
publication, Sandals Style. Managed social media promotions and interact with online audience. Assisted in
branding the “special interest vacations” concept to the company, and co-hosted hundreds of guests and
partners at various Sandals Resorts.
Freelance Writer, Up & Away: 10/14-Present ● Nassau, Bahamas
Duties: Write feature stories on notable Bahamian artists and cultural events.
Freelance Writer, Stylezine Magazine: 11/11 – 11/14 ● Nassau, Bahamas
Duties: Write for the fashion, lifestyles, art and entertainment sections.
Reporter, The Nassau Guardian (1844) Ltd.: 08/00 – 08/04 ● Nassau, The Bahamas
Duties: Wrote for news, sports, feature, religious and business sections and assisted with page design.
Education:
Paul Quinn College: 08/04 – 05/08 ● Dallas, Texas
Degree: BA, Mass Communications, magna cum laude
Leadership roles:
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society – member (01/07 – 06/08)
• Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society – member (01/07 – 06/08)
• National Pan Hellenic Council – Vice-president (04/07 – 02/08), President (02/08-04/08)
• Lambda Nu, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – member (11/05 – 06/08), President (06/07 – 06/08)
• National Association of Black Journalists –Vice-President of Print (08/05 – 05/06)
• Student Government Association – Secretary (08/05 – 05/06)
• Quinn Quill (newspaper) – News editor, staff writer (08/05 – 08/06)
Skills: Proficient in Adobe InDesign 2018, Photoshop CC 2018, Final Cut Pro, QuarkXpress and Microsoft Office.
Honors & Volunteerism:
• •PR Committee Co-Chair, Nassau Bahamas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 06/16-Present
• PR Committee Chair, Nassau Bahamas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - 09/1405/16
• Program Planning & Development Committee Chair, Nassau Bahamas Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc. - 06/16-Present
• Social Media Manager for Paul Quinn College ● Dallas, Texas – 11/09-01/11
• National Association of Black Journalists’ Robin Stone Scholarship Recipient – Fall 2007
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Collegiate Trailblazer Award – Sum 2007
