Rick Knight - Energetic Australian Commercial/Corporate Voice

Energetic Australian Commercial/Corporate Voice

• Rick Knight is registered with Voice123 since Jun 26, 2006.
• Rick Knight started his/her voice over career in 2000.
• Currently Rick Knight is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 2
• Rick Knight has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Powerful yet authentic Australian reads for commercial, promo and coporate applications. My highly commercial standard sound is sought after for adding credibility to messages aimed at the 18-35 target audiences.

My naturally youthful, sincere and authoritive reads are highly valued by organisations requiring an educated Australian sound, with incredible cut-through.

Hear the highly diverse and often uncontrollable range of off the wall animated characters and high energy announcer reads, which are also in high demand.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ

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
• Videogames
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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 have Phone Patch 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• 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

NSW, Australia

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard American, London (working class, upper class), Northern UK (Liverpool, Birmingham, Irish), Outback Australian, Australian European.

My Voice Experience

+7 years presenting experience in Australia as breakfast radio announcer and audio production manager in NSW (current). 2 years professional voiceover experience in London and Manchester UK.

Clients include Telstra Australia, Endemol UK, Vodafone AU, NASN Europe, Avaya Asia and more.

Also represented by two UK based voiceover agencies and 2 US online agencies. Also operating pro audio production facilities in NSW.

My Training

Post-Graduate Diploma in Commercial Radio at Swinburne University, Melbourne.
Acting, accent and voiceover courses at City LIT London, The National Acting Centre Canberra and NIDA Sydney.

American and RP dialect training with voice coach Majella Hurley, London.

Singing tuition with Stella Arman, London.

My Studio Equipment

Rode NTK Valve Condenser Microphone
Focusrite Voicemaster Pro Platnuim Pre-Amp
M-Audio Firewire Solo Audio Interface
Sony Vaio Dual-Core Laptop

Audio Software:
Pro-Tools M-Powered
Adobe Audition