Description
Provide professional voice-over recordings for commercials, promos, narration, and other media, delivering scripted material with clear diction, tone, and timing. Collaborate with producers to interpret copy, record in studio or remotely, and deliver edited audio for broadcast and digital platforms.
- • Perform pickups and retakes to address notes or errors.
- • Maintain session logs and delivery records.
- • Operate microphones, preamps, and DAW software and control surfaces.
- • Review scripts and mark up for pacing, emphasis, and intent.
- • Research pronunciations, names, brands, and technical terms.
- • Record voice tracks for commercials, promos, narration, station IDs, IVR, and e-learning.
- • Perform live or live-to-tape reads to precise time limits.
- • Collaborate with producers and directors to refine performance.
- • Take real-time direction in remote sessions via connection tools.
- • Edit, process, and deliver broadcast-quality audio in required formats.
- • Label files correctly and include required metadata.
- • Apply basic processing such as EQ, compression, and noise reduction.
- • Create alternate reads, tags, and character voices as requested.
- • Time reads to picture, timecode, or music cues; match lip sync for ADR when needed.
- • Announce legal IDs, sponsorship tags, and disclaimers.
- • Write or refine short tags, intros, or bridges when asked.
- • Attend briefings and table reads to understand brand voice.
- • Submit auditions and demos to casting directors or clients.
- • Maintain vocal health and consistent tone across sessions.
- • Organize and archive sessions, scripts, and pronunciation guides.
- • Maintain a treated, quiet recording space and reliable home studio setup.
- • Travel to studios and complete releases, NDAs, and usage forms.
- • Protect confidentiality of unreleased content.
- • Provide live event voice-of-god announcements when required.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
