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Jamilah Barnes Creekmur
OccupationMemoir writer, CEO
NationalityUnited States
Period2009-Present
GenreNon-fiction Nonfiction
SpouseChuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur
Website
www.jbcnyc.com

Jamilah B. Creekmur, (born October 9, 1976) is an American non-fiction, memoir writer. Jamilah was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She headed to New York in 1998 to pursue a career in Fashion and Business[1][2]. After graduating from the University of Delaware she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and later became an assistant buyer in women designer handbags with Saks Fifth Avenue.[3][4]

Early Career

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In 2000 she started at AllHipHop.com, a site devoted to all things hip-hop, in a part time unpaid position[2]. In her first 3 months at AllHipHop.com the company's revenue had a noticeable jump in revenue [5]. She continued to manage the company's financial operations, sales and marketing initiatives, strategic partnerships and business development, [3][2] and earned the title VP of Sales and Marketing and COO [6][2]. As COO she was in charge of overseeing the business in its entirety from new business development to legal affairs, financial planning to managing the AllHipHop brand online and offline [3].

One year later, she helped the company make its first $1 million dollars in advertising sales revenue.[5][2] In 2003, she joined her friend, 'Grouchy Greg' Watkins, and husband, Chuck 'Jigsaw' Creekmur, on a full-time basis at AllHipHop.com.[4][7]

Current Career

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Jamilah B. Creekmur now heads up a digital consulting firm Harbor Digital Online and manages Imagine Me Publishing, a book publishing company[1][7].She is also author of the book Raised by the Mistress co-written by New York Times Best-selling author Aliya S. King[7][8]. Jamilah B. Creekmur is a mother of one[9] and wife of Chuck 'Jigsaw' Creekmur co-founder of AllHipHop.com and is an affiliate of Delta Sigma Theta (1,9)

References

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  1. ^ a b http://www.legendsiconsrolemodels.com/2009/07/jamilah-barnes-creekmur-role-model.html
  2. ^ a b c d e WEEN February 2009
  3. ^ a b c Sister 2 Sister Magazine June 12th 2009
  4. ^ a b Diversity Executive June 5th 2009
  5. ^ a b Todayís Black Woman September 2009
  6. ^ http://www.honeymag.com/2009/lifestyle/the-life-and-times/
  7. ^ a b c Jbycny.com Bio
  8. ^ Raised by the Mistress on Amazon.Raised by the Mistress on Amazon
  9. ^ "Parent Trap: Jamilah Creekmur - Modern Traditions in Love, Money and Motherhood". UrbLife.com. August 31, 2010.
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