Ahmed AlQotb

Voice Description

my voice is warm and deep in narrations, Energetic, Active for commercials (Depends of the commercial purpose and target), smooth and professional in presentations and News reports

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• Arabic

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
• Podcasts

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 have ISDN in my studio
• I have Source Connect in my studio
• 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 offer translation 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

Cairo, Egypt

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Modern Standard Arabic
Egyptian/Cairo Local accent
Syrian/Damascus Local accent
Saudi Arabian local accent

My Voice Experience

Since 2005, I had an intensive experience through Radio interviews, drama, and narration, starting Jan. 2011 I had built my own recording studio and through this year a long list of 23 clients among which 7 strategic partners around the world, brought out to the light my new business portfolio:

VoiceArchive, Denmark
BEN's WORLD PRODUCTIONS, Paris
JBI studios, Los Angeles
CARASMATIC Productions, Los Angeles
Metro Audio And Video, New York
Audio2Go, New York
CACI Productions, Washington
Hafiza Merkezi, Istanbul
FOTOVDB, Brussels
JBMJBM iPhone Apps, Texas
JAM Locuciones, Spain
mediaNorte, Spain
Sonoarte, Spain
Busuu Online S.L., Spain
WaveAudio, Italy
VoicesWorldWide, Russia
InterVoices, Russia
EQHO Localization Services, Thailand
VerzTec, Singapore
KnowledgeWorks, India
East Ideas, India
TimesTrans, China
Feiyiban, Shenzhen, China

My Training

October 2009

“Elections Reporting” training program.

Held by:
Thomson Ruters Foundation

Instructed by:
A Reuters' team of senior journalists and reporters.
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August 2007

“Skills of TV Reporting, Presenting and Script writing” training program.

Held by:
Media International Training Center, Cairo, Egypt

Instructed by:
A team of reporters, editors and presenters from AlJazeera, Nile News Channel, Al Majd Satellite Channel and IslamOnline.
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July 2007

“Skills of Presenting, Preparing and Script writing for Radio” training program.

Held by:
Media International, Cairo, Egypt

Instructed by:
Samir El Sheikh, BBC.
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July-August 2005

“Skills of Successful Announcer” training program.

Held by:
Media International, Cairo, Egypt

Instructed by:
Sameh Raga'i, Nile News Channel.
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May 2008

“The Determinants of American Foreign Policies in the Middle East”
2 days workshop.


Held by:
Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism, Cairo, Egypt

Instructed by:
Harvard Professor, Dr Stephen Walt, Co-author of “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”.
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February 2008

“Journalism as Fluid History”
2 days workshop.

Held by:
Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism, Cairo, Egypt

Instructed by:
British Historian, Sir Alistair Horne.


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EDUCATION

B. S., Foreign Trade Faculty, Helwan University, Cairo, June 1998.

My Studio Equipment

My studio is equipped with:

Behringer Xenyx 802 Mixer with Phantom power preamps
Behringer UCA 202
AudioTechnica Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
Linux-based editing platforms

Additional Skills

Presented more than 50 hours of live TV shows.

Produced more than 120 minutes of short documentary reports.

Presented and recorded more than 35 live dialogues, reports and drama series for radio broadcasting.

Designed and planned several programs, documentaries and news coverage packages for several production houses and Arabic satellite channels, from a strategic perspective.

Skilled and experienced in TV script writing and news editing.

Wrote more than 20 journalistic analytical studies and articles for several electronic and print publishers.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

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