Kelly Jo McDonnell - happy, cheerful, upbeat, sing songy

happy, cheerful, upbeat, sing songy

• Kelly Jo McDonnell is registered with Voice123 since Aug 09, 2008.
• Kelly Jo McDonnell started his/her voice over career in 1993.
• Currently Kelly Jo McDonnell is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Happy and upbeat for high energy commercials, cheerful and rhythmic for children's books and audio books, fun and professional for presentations, promos', and phone recordings.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• 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 voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Can do impersonations in a younger voice, such as teenage girl; can also do higher/lower pitch as needed for character voices in narratives for young/and middle age female.

My Voice Experience

The children come running when I start to read! For fifteen years I have used my happy and upbeat voice to help such clients as, AGA Medical, James Page Brewery, IA. Natural Heritage Foundation, Newsworthy Communications, etc. and children's narratives through library programs. These projects were for radio and television broadcasting as well as web sites. (In the Mpls, MN market, Midwest market.
I enjoy working with clients whose causes are close to my heart (Agewell, nature organizations), however I enjoy the change and challenge of a new project.

My Training

BA in Mass Communications and English from Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA; Master of Arts in Communications from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. WDGY/KDWB Radio in Mpls, MN; Media Relations, Inc. in Bloomington, MN.; KARE-11/NBC affiliate in Golden Valley, MN.; Ron Schara Productions, Mpls, MN.

My Studio Equipment

Recorded on Audition (sound booth and mic); can send mp3's and wave files via email or mail.

Additional Skills

I can offer script commercial writing for commercials and editing of scripts. I work for a Television production firm as Operations Director, and I also do media relations/Public relations on the side as freelance.