Valerie Jones

I have a friendly Midwestern accent, and can easily adopt most North American regional sounds, including Deep Southern, Texan, New York or Maine Yankee, Milwaukee/Minnesota (think "Fargo") and even California beach babe!

In the mid-1990s, I worked in the Chicago radio market -- including auto dealership ads with ad exec Doug Ekman of the famous "Max Madsen Mitsubishi" campaigns. I've voiced numerous voicemail systems and narrated in-house video productions for law firms. I trained with the great Chicago voiceover, coach and producer Kirk Johnson, Sr., owner of the well-known Audio One production house. Not only did I study for years with Kirk, I also helped to edit the first edition of his book, "Beyond the Words," a leading text for voice actors that illustrates Kirk's revolutionary method for creating magical audience experiences through voice acting. In addition to voice acting, I worked in live theater in Chicago for ten years, announcing, producing improvisational theatre and performing music for the celebrated ComedySportz and The Free Assocates theatre companies. I have years of experience working in the aviation industry and the legal field, and am very comfortable with complex technical and scientific terms, legal terms and jargon.