Billie Bugara is a 22-year-old research student and media consultant. She is currently enrolled at New York University in the school's Media, Culture, and Communication program, and is actively working in the music industry. She has been interviewed by outlets such as Insider, Pitchfork, Complex, and more for her insight on modern digital culture. 

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Her research is broadly centered in digital culture, media history, and contemporary sociocultural communication. You can view a library of her research work here.

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She worked with streaming service SoundCloud from 2020-2022 offering a variety of media services. These included, but were not limited to, social media management, social media sentiment analysis, and playlist curation. Her social media and curatorial efforts - particularly in the creation of the Digicore Playlist - resulted in a great deal of success for the brand. She has since worked with record labels such as Atlantic Records, Warner Records, and Year0001 Records, offering media services like creative direction, public relations, and biography writing among many others.