Shaneeva Yassin

Voice Description

Cheerful, upbeat, sexy, down to earth for commercials, warm and sophisticated for narrations, smooth and professional for presentations, cheerful, vibrant and cute for cartoons and animated characters.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

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 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 offer translation services
• I offer radio ad production services

My Home Base

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Girl next door; valley girl; teenager; professional woman; reporter; West Indian-Caribbean female; New Yorker; toddler;

My Voice Experience

I have extensive experience utilizing my voice and professionalism in various fields.

From a young age, I attended public speaking and voice training courses. I participated as a public speaker for many events, including school events, community events and private functions.

With a journalism degree and editorial experience, I am able to quickly and easily assimilate and deliver information in a professional manner.

My background as a journalist and radio host has greatly enriched my voiceover career. I hosted two radio shows and was an associate producer for Access Hollywood and Reelz Channel, interviewing celebrites on the red carpet and in press conferences.


Here's a look at my media related background:

June 2008- Present
Internet Broadcasting- NBC 6.net
News Editor, Producer, Reporter
Writing stories, publishing videos, images and repurposing other related content, responding quickly to breaking news, fostering a relationship between the newsroom and the Web, sending out e-alerts, creating live streams and news links, keeping up to date with the latest technologies.


Jan. 2007- June 2008
CTV.ca (CTV News)
• Web Journalist/ Writer & Content Producer
Creating and updating web content on BNN.ca/ CTV.ca, writing intros, captions and content, clipping and posting digitized and broadband interviews using Avid, Vegas, Velocity NX, Agility Anystream and Pubflex, working with HTML, WMV and Flash, sending content to mobile, providing news, health and entertainment content for MSN videos.


CTV’s Business News Network
• Editorial Assistant/ Web Content Producer
Writing intros, selecting and editing Gateway stories for lineup, researching, setting up on-air guests with mics and IFBs, control room duties, floor directing, assisting producers and directors and managing the phone system for live call in shows.


Sept. 2007
Reelz Channel (Los Angeles)
2007 Toronto International Film Festival
• Field Producer
Researching, generating questions, conducting interviews on the red carpet, assisting and collaborating with crew.


Sept. 2006- Dec. 2006
Entertainment Tonight Canada
• Editorial Assistant (Freelance)
Researching, scheduling, monitoring wires, proposing story ideas, generating questions for interviews, writing pitch letters, assisting in Avid booths, interacting with various producers, editors and talents.


Sept. 2006
Access Hollywood
2006 Toronto International Film Festival
• Editorial Assistant & Production Coordinator
Organizing daily events and schedules, preparing and updating crew schedule, field producing, supervising live interviews, red carpet premieres and shoots.


June 2006- Sept. 2006
CTV National News -Toronto Bureau
• Associate Producer & Editorial Assistant (Freelance)
Researching, proposing story ideas, assessing the editorial value of stories, gathering elements for stories, scheduling, generating and tracking story ideas, contacting and booking sources, interviewing, writing scripts, handling viewer relations inquiries and news tips, providing assistance to Toronto Bureau team, working with national and international bureaus.


Sept. 2004- May 2006
The East Toronto Observer
• Copy Editor
Editing stories, performing design and layout duties during production, writing headlines, providing feedback.

• Reporter
Presenting story ideas, researching, interviewing, writing and editing news stories, covering general assignments, taking photographs, assisting with production.

• Assignment Editor
Monitoring news wires, generating stories, managing news crew, tracking assignments, working closely with reporters, assisting with editing and production.


Aug. 2004- Dec. 2005
Rogers Television ‘First Local News’- Durham
• News Production Assistant
Operating VTR, studio cameras, lights, audio board, graphics and teleprompter, assisting news anchors, producers and production crew.


Oct. 2004
The University of Toronto’s Scarborough Fair Publication
• Contributing Writer
Writing and submitting various poems and photographs, which I took at the Christina Tucci Toronto fashion show.


May 2004- Sept. 2004
Ryerson University’s NightViews
• Contributing Writer
Researching and writing articles for the summer issues of NightViews.


Sept. 2002- Jan. 2003
CSCR- University of Toronto Radio (90.3 Cable FM)
Wake Up Call with Shaneeva
• Anchor & Radio Producer
Writing, broadcasting news, weather, entertainment, movie update, UTSC announcements and events, maintaining program schedule, air music, performing all technical duties required.


May 2001-October 2002
Indian Memory Album Radio Program (770 AM)
• News Anchor & Co-host
Proposing story ideas, organizing program rundown, editing and broadcasting news and commercial advertisements, responding to listener responses and taking requests, participating in station and community events.

My Training

Sept. 2001- May 2006
University of Toronto, Honors Bachelor of Arts
Journalism Specialist and Minor in Women’s Studies and Business Ethics

Sept. 2004- May 2006
Centennial College, Diploma (Associate Degree)
Journalism

2005
Centennial College Interviewing Award for best interviewer

2004- 2005
Rogers Television Excellence Award

2001
Toastmasters Leadership and Public Speaking Program

2001
Kay Buffet Scholarship- Community Service & Leadership

2001
City of Pickering 2000 Civic Award for Leadership

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Shaneeva Yassin

Additional Skills

Software / Media Related Skills:

General
• Associated Press style, IB style, Canadian Press Style
• HTML, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc.); Adobe Photoshop



Video Editing/ Audio Editing
• DMPS, Avid, Velocity NX, Vegas Video, i-movie; Sound-Forge



Viz retrieval/ Newsroom Software
• iNews, vCMS, Newstar, Openmedia, Gateway, Pathfire, ENPS



Web
• Various publishing tools and content management systems, Phaedra, NBC’s Olympic Zone CMS Dreamweaver, DREAMmail Quark Xpress;

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• 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

Contact Information

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