Jim Jarvis

Voice Description

Warm and deep for narrations

Relaxed, believable and smooth for training

Multiple character voices for kids stories, animations
and guided imagery

Light, upbeat and believable for commercials

Authoritative news-anchor

No discernable regional accent in american english.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior 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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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 upload the audio files via FTP
• 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 offer radio ad production services
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

NYC, New Jersey, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I'm fluent in German, capable in french, and have spent in excess of 100 weeks in Europe, managing EU business, in local language.

That said, I prefer not to perform in either language, while in the US. It simply takes too long to get my ears tuned away from the local language, just as it takes an hour or two to tune-in to french or german, when in-country.

My Voice Experience

Have been doing voice work since high school, where I covered HS football.

7 years as drive time radio newsman and news director.
Presently subbing as news anchor in NYC.

Narrations include an Astronomy videodisk and Biology episodes for the education market, various industrial product training videos, radio commercials, and guided imagery in an arts-education, relaxation program.

My Training

BS, MBA. Have run fortune 100 business elements in science and technology, global sales forces, and major global accounts including IBM and Intel, throughout Europe and Asia.

In my early career, I did news and jazz shows, and produced hundreds of commercials. I was an award winning radio news director, running a 10 person department.

I presently coach businesses on Effective Communications and Strategic Decision Making. I serve on the adjunct faculty at Rutgers Center for Management Development.

My Studio Equipment

Extensive recording, audio engineering and voice work, as well as radio news.

Present equipt. includes Behringer, Shure and Heil mics, small mixer, multitrack recording and editing in Audacity, in a macbookPRO, and other computers.

Have designed, specified, and installed three recording studios, and consulted on multiple broadcast facilities.

Post-production editing available.

Additional Skills

Sales Training, Group Facilitation, Team Building,
all centered on effective communications.

I provide a warm, welcoming, authoritative sounding product in the news or training genre.

I'm a subject matter expert in optical imaging devices, and RF communications, and have led seminars on imaging and spectroscopy in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Can handle complex expressions in the physical and biological sciences with believable ease.

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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Additional Information