Hi, I'm Jose Villicana Brugada, a marketing student at Washington University in St. Louis focused on music, media, and digital strategy. Over my time on social media, I've grown more than 2 million followers across a variety of niches. I'm currently building LIBRARIES, an independent music and pop culture platform, where I've developed partnerships with major labels and emerging artists. My work spans social-first campaign execution and rollout support for releases across Atlantic, Capitol, Interscope, and other teams. I'm particularly interested in how digital platforms shape discovery for artists.
LIBRARIES is a media brand at the intersection of music, entertainment, and pop culture, now reaching over 670,000 followers. Over the past three years, I've independently curated and published daily image- and text-based content covering music, online culture, and internet nostalgia in formats built for social platforms. In parallel, I've partnered directly with major labels to support artist and release visibility. My role centers on optimizing content for engagement, analyzing audience response, and distributing posts at scale, regularly placing content in front of more than 100 million viewers each month.
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At the heart of LIBRARIES is music. It expands into a community playlist with over 3,000 saves, featuring tracks from my favorite emerging artists. Every two weeks, I add 25 new songs and design a fresh cover to accompany the update. Users from around the world engage with the playlist as a shared experience, take a listen!
Campaign work has shaped how I understand the connection between music and the audiences who discover it online. What began as posting daily and building my own social platforms evolved into collaborating with artists and label teams to support releases in real time and building awareness and fandoms around artists of all sizes. I focus on organic placements and distribution, ensuring all content reflects the artist's identity. Some of my favorite projects involve the "underground" and next generation of modern music online.
Partnered with Capitol Records for an organic Instagram audio campaign for emerging underground rapper Feng. Unique subculture content paired with his music to promote the Weekend Rockstar project through 7 organic features.
Partnered with MusicSoup/Interscope Records for an organic Instagram campaign for the rollout of emerging artist Wisp. Developed content strategy and distribution, creating 9 organic features.
Partnered with Broke Records/Create Music Group to promote established artist Tay-K through several of his new releases. Developed organic content and guided 5 organic features that led to millions of views.
I'm always looking for new ways to stay involved creatively. Outside of my work in media marketing, I take on projects that keep me active in creative environments through a mix of independent initiatives and student organizations. Experiences such as serving as a radio programming trainee at KWUR 90.3 FM, growing a fashion-focused platform to over 55K followers, and working as Creative Director at Armour Magazine allow me to stay engaged with culture and continue developing the perspective that informs my work in music and media.