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Circle of One Marketing, a full-service, Jamaican led marketing and communications firm, has been named Business of the Year by Jamaicans.com, one of the world’s leading digital platforms celebrating Jamaican culture, achievement, and the global diaspora.
The prestigious honor recognizes Circle of One Marketing’s outstanding leadership, innovative business strategy, and unwavering commitment to elevating Caribbean stories, brands, and communities on the world stage.
Founded on the belief that Jamaican excellence belongs everywhere, Circle of One Marketing has built a reputation for delivering high-impact campaigns for major cultural festivals, entertainment brands, hospitality destinations, government agencies, and major corporations, while staying deeply grounded in the rhythms, values, and entrepreneurial spirit of Jamaica. Notable Circle clients include OneUnited Bank, Jazz in the Gardens, Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Jamaican Jerk Festival, Pharrell Willliam’s Black Ambition Prize Competition, Afro-Carib Festival and Ten North Group – to name just a few.
“Jamaica has always been a small island with a giant voice, or as we say in Jamaica “we likkle but we tallawah!” said Suzan McDowell, Founder and CEO of Circle of One Marketing. “This award from Jamaicans.com is more than recognition; it is affirmation that our culture, our creativity, and our work ethic are powerful forces in the global marketplace. We carry Jamaican excellence with us into every boardroom, every campaign and every success.”
Jamaicans.com’s “Business of the Year” award is reserved for companies that exemplify excellence, integrity, innovation, and meaningful impact within the Jamaican and Caribbean community worldwide. Circle of One Marketing was chosen by the people for its ability to scale Caribbean-driven narratives into mainstream platforms, while opening doors for Caribbean-owned brands, creatives, and institutions to compete and win.
“What makes the Jamaicans.com “Best of Jamaica” awards meaningful is the integrity of the process. Each year, we open nominations to the public, tally votes transparently, and let the community choose the winner. Being trusted to facilitate this process for 26 years speaks to our role to showcase Jamaica and Jamaicans worldwide. We’re proud to see Circle of One Marketing recognized for its proven excellence in business and industry.” stated Xavier Murphy, founder of Jamaicans.com.
From championing art & entertainment projects and Black-owned businesses to producing campaigns that blend culture with commercial success, Circle of One Marketing has become a bridge between heritage and high-level business performance.
“This recognition reflects what is possible when Jamaican resilience meets world-class execution and an unmatched work ethic,” McDowell added. “We are proud to show that Caribbean businesses don’t just participate in global markets, we lead.”
As Circle of One Marketing continues to expand its footprint, this honor stands as a powerful symbol of what Jamaican entrepreneurship looks like in the modern global economy: bold, brilliant, and built to last.
For more information about Circle of One Marketing, visit www.circleofonemarketing.com
**About Circle of One Marketing**
Circle of One Marketing is a Caribbean-led, multicultural marketing, public relations, and brand strategy firm specializing in culture-driven storytelling, experiential marketing, and audience engagement. The firm works with major brands, entertainment properties, nonprofits, and government agencies to create campaigns that resonate across diverse communities while delivering measurable business results.
**About Jamaicans.com**
Jamaicans.com is the world’s largest and most influential online platform dedicated to celebrating Jamaican culture, news, and global achievement. Through storytelling, awards, and community engagement, Jamaicans.com connects millions of people to the spirit and success of Jamaica worldwide.
Born Jamerican, Suzan McDowell is the Founder, President & CEO of Circle of One Marketing, a Miami based, minority owned full-service marketing agency founded in 2001, with expertise in African American and Caribbean consumer markets.
Suzan has spent her professional career in marketing and media, “making her clients popular”. McDowell brings a wealth of experience in conceptualizing and executing successful marketing and promotional campaigns in local, national, and international markets. She has helped build massive brands like the incredibly successful Jazz in the Gardens and OneUnited Bank, the nation’s largest Black owned bank, among hundreds of other high profile, high impact clients and projects. Her marketing & event management efficacy and expansive personal network is widely documented throughout South Florida and well beyond.
Prior to forming Circle of One Marketing, McDowell was Senior Account Manager for WHQT HOT 105 Radio-Urban Adult Contemporary, the top radio station in South Florida catering to the Black community. Her time at the station in sales and promotion prepared her for The Circle and its undeniable success.
McDowell is also the host of In The Circle with Suzan, a bi-weekly conversational podcast for Miami’s Community Newspapers, where she has interviewed a variety of interesting people from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to Florida Senator Shevrin Jones to Jamaican Consul General Oliver Mair, among others.
Circle of One was named 2025 Business of the Year at the Best of Jamaica Awards by Jamaicans.com.
Suzan is a true visionary, a natural comedian, a wordsmith with a lot of words, writes in her spare time, frequently tangential, has twice rappelled down 19 floors to raise money for under privileged kids and most importantly, she is the proud mother of her polar opposite, Sydney Alicia, her surprisingly calm and well-adjusted daughter.
Personal motto:
The one who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the One doing it
Contact:
Phone: 305-576-3790
Email: suzan@circleofonemarketing.com
Website: www.circleofonemarketing.com Social: SuzSyd1
