Dean Marks

Voice Description

Warm, even delivery, conversational, wry, humorous, easily directed.

Mid-range balanced delivery for radio/TV voiceovers, commercials, PSAs, political spots, training, voicermail greetings, on hold wait-time messaging, webcasts, station branding.

Professional delivery for voicemail greetings, presentations, phone system recorded announcements, IVR scripting, webcasts, product narrations, podcasts.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Marshfield MA, Boston, Southeastern MA, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Straight reads, "radio-voice" as needed, 'Dennis Leary'-Boston, light Southern

My Voice Experience

Commercial Radio: On-air talent/midday, WYXC-AM Cartersville, GA - country, news, special programming producer. On-air talent/midday, prime-time, evening, WRGA-AM/WQTU-FM Rome GA - country, A/C rock formats, live remotes, recorded commercials/PSAs, commercial traffic manager, special programming producer.

After eight years of living in Georgia, I returned to New England and was heard on a variety of media outlets delivering daily ski area trail condition reports for winter resorts in the 6-state New England region, upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and Eastern Canada.

Very happily married, managing large-scale PBX and voicemail systems in Quincy MA.

My Training

Premier Master Class by Such-a-Voice, June 2008.

Attended adult education VO class hosted by Such-a-Voice website.

1986 Honors Graduate Columbia School of Broadcasting, Atlanta, Georgia.

My Studio Equipment

At-home studio:
Demo and finished production work recorded in MP3 or WAV-formatted files that may be emailed or mailed CD. Project content created using MXL USB008 mic, personal computer with Audacity 1.2.6, broadband internet access.

Additional Skills

Recordings created in multi-track 16/32-bit stereo mode at 44100Hz with additional sound/music effects as needed.

25+ years in Information Technology, 10+ years large-scale PBX phone systems - call process programming. Recorded announcements, automated greetings, on-hold messages, voicemail greetings, voicemail messaging systems, Integrated Voice Response (IVR) audio recording.

Advanced proficiencies with PCs, business and recording application software.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Online Payments Via PayPal

Contact Information

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