Dom Buggs

DramaWave

About

DOM (she/her) is Casting Director, North America at DramaWave, where she oversees talent strategy, casting, and creative development for premium vertical serialized dramas built for the mobile-first generation. She works across production, story development, and talent positioning — helping design scalable series frameworks optimized for high-retention 9:16 storytelling and long-term IP growth. With a background at ByteDance (TikTok, Douyin & CapCut), DOM operated at the intersection of creator ecosystems, music partnerships, and performance-driven digital content, contributing to the evolution of platform-native entertainment models across global markets. Her work bridges East and West within the emerging vertical entertainment space, translating global content systems into culturally resonant series for North American audiences. She is also the founder of Cloud88 Studios, a vertical-first production company focused on developing premium serialized IP for mobile-native audiences, and the creator of BBGRL, a Gen Z-forward cultural platform and live event series centered on queer, femme, and emerging creative communities. DOM’s work sits at the intersection of talent, culture, and mobile-first storytelling — focused on elevating vertical into a premium, cinematic format and institutionalizing it as a lasting pillar of the entertainment ecosystem.

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