Jo Sykes

Voice Description

Versatile, warm, friendly, authoritative.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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

• English - British

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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard British. Willing to try most accents!

My Voice Experience

Red Bee Media, England:
Audio Description for television programmes for BBC, Channel 4, Five and UKTV.

Arrow FM, England:
Newsreading, presenting, station promo's, advertisements.

Sovereign Radio, England:
Newsreading, station promo's, advertisements, Season's Greetings.

Invicta FM, Mix 96, Splash FM, Spirit FM and KMFM, England:
Newsreading and voicers for news bulletins.

Magic 97, USA.
Station Imaging.

92 Gold, USA.
Station Imaging.

The Source 1251AM, England:
Presenting the early breakfast show twice a week plus a writer/performer for the station's flagship programme "The Comedy Concept".

My Training

-- EDUCATION --
* GCSE's - all A-C.

* A Levels - A-C (including Media Studies and English Lit).

* BA (Hons) Media (TV Production) - First class.

* Postgraduate Diploma TV Journalism (BJTC).

-- VOICE TRAINING --

I received training to improve the tone of my voice and delivery of news bulletins at Nottingham Trent Uni and Arrow FM.

I am currently receiving further training to improve my breathing to result in a more relaxed style of delivery when required.

-- OTHER --

I am also an active member of a Amateur Dramatics society and through this have been able to develop my vocal capabilities to deliver character reads in a wider variety of styles.

My Studio Equipment

* Beyerdynamic M58 microphone.
* Adobe Audition 3.0.
* Beyer DT100 Professional Closed Studio Headphones.
* XENYX 502 Premium Mixer.

ALSO
* Marantz PMD660 recorder (for news gathering).

Additional Skills

Unknown - Click here to ask Jo Sykes

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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