Rita Elkins - Intelligent, Friendly, Good-natured, Versatile

Intelligent, Friendly, Good-natured, Versatile

• Rita Elkins is registered with Voice123 since Feb 02, 2006.
• Rita Elkins started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Rita Elkins is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Intelligent, friendly, personable female voice with rich tones and versatility: teen girls to very old women, silly humor to sombre respect. Great range includes subtly wry humor, and light pathos. Perfect for radio spots, comedy skits, video voiceovers. Character voices: Kate Hepburn, Mae West, classic American accents, comedy characters.

For longer narration, clients value my deep, warm voice and smooth, professional delivery for professional development webinar and video narrations, training films, and documentaries.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior 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, 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 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

My Home Base

Cocoa, Florida, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Deep South, American Southern, Southern Belle, High British, Formal British, British Uppercrust, Valley Girl, American Teen

My Voice Experience

My voicework is currently featured in videos and narrations at national conventions, expos, and online as the voice of Dynamic Works Institute, a webinar and curricula-development firm for workforce development professionals. Sound a little dry? It can be - but clients and students say my voice makes the difference.

I've been doing radio voiceovers since the 1970s (which makes me sound a lot older than my voice!) I've done rock, pop, country, contemporary Christian and easy listening radio, and wrote and produced ad copy, promos, news, info-tainment and comedy routines; corporate telephone systems, training films, and documentaries.

I am a frequent emcee, speaker, presenter and panelist at local, state and national conferences, workshops and retreats. I look forward to talking with you about your project!

My Training

College: University of Maryland School of Journalism, Radio-TV minor; interned at WMUC-AM, WASH-FM. Resumed journalism studies years later at Brevard Community College, Associate of Arts, Journalism. Earned Fellowship, Casey Center for Journalism on Children and Families, University of Maryland; and Journalism Fellowship on Modern American Judaism, Brandeis University.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Rita Elkins

Additional Skills

Familiar with jargon and experienced in voiceover work in the fields of radio, newspapers, government services (especially workforce/USDOL), broadcast and print journalism, Christianity, addictions recovery, fly fishing, alternative healthcare, child welfare, Alzheimer's Disease/dementia and caregiver issues, and human services. Past chair, Senior Care of Brevard (adult dementia day care); past president, Child Abuse Prevention Task Force; lay pastor, recovery ministries, Gloria Dei Episcopal Church; consultant and trainer for federal and state faith-based and community initiatives.