Kerry Skiffington - Upbeat, energetic, fun, smooth, sweet, friendly

Upbeat, energetic, fun, smooth, sweet, friendly

• Kerry Skiffington is registered with Voice123 since Oct 25, 2008.
• Kerry Skiffington started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Kerry Skiffington is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Kerry Skiffington has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

For commercials my voice can be upbeat and energetic, soft and smooth (described as 'honey sweet' by a client), and/or soft and gentle/motherly.

Clear and well-paced for audiobooks, spoken CDs and DVD narration, and for professional presentations, documentaries, web sites and blogs, etc. I have the
clear and precise pronunciation and enunciation, nuance of expression, and a quality of voice to keep the listener engaged.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• 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

My Home Base

Bristol, Vermont, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I do a (1) perky young thing,
a (2) low, alluring and sexy voice, and
a (3) college professor, business professional serious voice.
There is also (4) the ditz/space-shot.

My Voice Experience

Most of my voice-over work has been to produce hypnotherapy CDs. Some track are introductory instruction and background, others are the hypnosis session itself using a slow, measured, soothing tone.

I have done radio announcements (PSA's) and answering machine messages for local TV and radio.

Most recently I have done commercials, which I particularly enjoy for the characters it allows me.

My Training

I have been a business writer and journalist while maintaining my hypnotherapy practice. Business copy has been everything from radio and print ad copy to articles in state-wide business journals. This is an area I no longer work in, preferring performance opportunities.

Radio hosts and cable TV producers often ask for me to return again and again because I have an understanding of the pace and rhythm of recorded voice and the interview context. I can easily fill in when there is a sudden absence of a co-host, as well, when they need me.

I also do stand-up comedy and comedy hypnosis shows, using my own staging and production.

Frankly, I'm a ham who has learned 'on the job.'

My Studio Equipment

I am available in Vermont and northern New York for in-studio recording at your site, or can go to any designated studio or to my local musicians' recording studio, as required.

Additional Skills

My experience has been primarily in hypnotherapy (I am currently in private practice) and in college teaching (adjunct courses in writing and hypnosis).

In both contexts one has to have measured delivery and tone of voice is critical, depending on the results sought from clients or students. Nuance is especially important in hypnosis, as the message goes directly to the subconscious, bypassing the critical faculty of the consciousness.

I am also a regular emcee in my area, doing some stand-up comedy work at local stages and for fund-raising events. I was Vice President of the Middlebury Festival on the Green for a few years, which required me to be the emcee for our shows (as no one else wanted to be that public). I have a knack for improvisation in these contexts.