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Jay Smack
Jay Smack
"Fast, professional and talented." -Voice123 Client review
Last online6 days ago
Response time36 minutes
Reviews5.0
Bookings34
Jay Smack
"Fast, professional and talented." -Voice123 Client review
Response time36 minutes
Last online6 days ago
Playlists (9)
Commercial Demo
Duration: 1:12 - Total samples: 1
Commercial Demo - Samsung, Budweiser, IBM, etc.
Jay Smack - 1:12
Various - Commercial, Narration Product, Promo, Explainer, Documentary
Duration: 12:58 - Total samples: 21
Commercial Demo - various projects with multiple reads types
Jay Smack - 1:12
Ford Bronco Product Spotlight
Jay Smack - 0:16
Northern Tool National
Jay Smack - 0:30
Pittsburgh Steelers 2024 Draft Promo - NFL Football
Jay Smack - 0:50
College Football Promo, Sam Elliott style
Jay Smack - 0:00
Green energy doc explainer
Jay Smack - 0:00
Regional Health System TV spot, Caring, Serious, Real, Compassionate
Jay Smack - 0:19
Line-X TV Spot, tough, blue collar
Jay Smack - 0:00
Construction company - strong, professional
Jay Smack - 0:32
Giant Bicycles Product Video
Jay Smack - 1:27
Penn State - Community Involvement and Investment
Jay Smack - 0:56
Healthcare spot for OHSU
Jay Smack - 0:28
Rodeo documentary narration
Jay Smack - 0:26
Trailer for inspirational documentary
Jay Smack - 0:37
ELearning/Explainer for national banking brand
Jay Smack - 1:44
TV Commercial for national tool brand
Jay Smack - 0:17
National Radio spot for NFL/DirecTV
Jay Smack - 0:13
B&H Spot - high-energy game show announcer
Jay Smack - 0:20
Trailer for horror movie
Jay Smack - 1:02
NFL Documentary trailer
Jay Smack - 0:28
Commercial Demo with various voice acting styles
Jay Smack - 1:14
Explainer Videos
Duration: 1:09 - Total samples: 5
Corporate
Duration: 0:47 - Total samples: 2
eLearning - Instruction
Duration: 0:50 - Total samples: 3
Product Videos
Duration: 3:32 - Total samples: 5
Deep, Various
Duration: 7:38 - Total samples: 14
Narration
Duration: 2:24 - Total samples: 3
Reviews (19)
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Casey
11 months ago
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Jay was super friendly, communicative, and provided a stellar set of recordings within a really short timeframe. Top notch work!
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Josh
12 months ago
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Jay is the man! He is an absolute pro who nailed my voiceover. I hope to work with him in the future again!
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Ammar
1 year ago
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What can I say more you are always professional ! Thank you Jay
Performance
Top 10%of voice actors
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36 minutesmedian response timeresponse time
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5.0
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13
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34 Bookings8 in the last 12 months8 in the last year
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25 clientsbooked this voice actorbooked
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222 clientsfavorited this profilefavorites
About Jay
Member sinceJul 15, 2016
LocationRichmond, VA, USA (GMT -4)
Jay Smack is a voice actor located in Richmond, VA, USA. He has been actively working as a voice actor since 1995. He has worked for a diverse pool of clients and brands, such as Ford, Chevron and K&N Filters. Listen to 66 voice over samples that showcase his best work.
Find me online at jaysmackVO.com
Email me at jay@jaysmack.com
PLEASE NOTE: I will be unavailable Friday Oct. 6.
Jay's voice is warm, inviting and authentic. He has range and depth and a bit of an edge. He cuts through without being obtrusive or over-the-top. Jay has a wide range of voices in his repertoire including movie-trailer deep-n-gritty to caring and friendly. He specializes in real guy, working class types and corporate narration. His character reads vibe smooth and deep like Sam Elliott or Morgan Freeman, in-your-face and confident like Denis Leary, and intense and dramatic like Bryan Cranston. He's perfect for your explainer videos, on-hold, voicemail, commercial, narration, cartoon, animation, imaging, character, audiobook, radio, tv, promo, retail, educational voiceover projects. Types of reads and interps Jay can deliver are caring, soft spoken, bold, gritty, gravelly, confident, non-announcer, announcer, middle age, senior, young adult, British, menacing, evil, inspirational, authoritative, intense, real person, deep, friendly, wry, dry, high-energy, stuffy, movie trailer, etc. Jay is easy to work with and loves taking direction and receives constructive criticism with enthusiasm. Whatever it takes to give you exactly what you want and need. Jay has a full-service studio and can provide production services like mixing with sound effects and music. Service is paramount and he's always available.
CREDITS
Voiceover credits include:
Ford Automotive
Chevron
IBM
Microsoft
Caterpillar
Sears
Northern Tool
Sprouts Farmer's Markets
Virginia Tech University
Villanova University
Keller Williams Realty
T-Fal Cookware
Hamilton Beach
CrossKeys Vineyards
Guardian Security
DirecTV
Lawn Doctor
Stihl
Pearson Automotive Group
Ferguson Plumbing
K&N Filters
Ritz Crackers
Oakland Raiders
Tommy Bahama
Washington Post
Science Museum of Virginia
Dallas Holocaust Museum
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Capital One
Ole Miss University
Wal Mart
Straight Talk Wireless
Diablo III
TBS Sports
Kubota
NBC
Love's Travel Stops
Tractor Supply
...as well as many broadcast, non-broadcast, radio imaging, pitch presentations, explainers, video games, audiobook, technical and narration projects. Some of his producer credits include projects for McDonald's, Audi and Pizza Hut.
VOICE/STYLE/DELIVERY
Jay has a wide range of voices in his repertoire: movie-trailer-deep-n-gritty to caring-and--friendly-approachable to character-read-versatile with vibes like Sam Elliott or Morgan Freeman to dry industrial to upbeat retail. And he has a knack for nailing game characters such as military leaders, evil wizards and Dragon Lords (an actual part he has played)!
He's perfect for explainer videos, on-hold, voicemail, commercial, narration, cartoon, animation, imaging, character, audiobook, radio, tv, promo, retail, educational voiceover projects. Types of reads and interps Jay can deliver are caring, soft spoken, bold, gritty, gravelly, confident, non-announcer, announcer, middle age, senior, young adult, British, menacing, evil, inspirational, authoritative, intense, real person, deep, friendly, wry, dry, high-energy, stuffy, movie trailer, etc.
PRO
He's easy to work with and loves taking direction and receives constructive criticism with enthusiasm. Whatever it takes to give you exactly what you want and need. Jay has a full-service studio and can provide production services like mixing with sound effects and music.
His style has been compared to Mike Rowe, Bryan Cranston, Alan Farmer, Sam Elliott, Tim Allen, Morgan Freeman, Peter Coyote, Ian McKellan and Dennis Leary.
STUDIO
Connection: Source Connect Pro, ipDTL, Phone Patch, Video Conference such as Zoom or Skype, and ISDN if needed via a local studio.
Preamp: Neve 1073
Mics: Neumann TLM 103, Sennheiser MKH416, Shure KSM32, Electro Voice RE20
Software: Pro Tools 2021
Computer: Apple Mac Pro, iMac
Skills and services offered
Language
English - USA and Canada
English - British
Voice gender & age
Male senior
Male adult
Male young adult
Additional services offered
Deliver edited and finished voice over
Add music
Add special effects
Produce complete and mastered radio ad
Recording and delivery options
Digital delivery
Source Connect
On-site recording
Phone patch
Remote live direction
ipDTL
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Additional vocal abilities
Accents: Variations on Southern accents (Virginia aristocrat, North Carolina, deep south, Appalachian, Texas), a Sam Elliott-type, a little British, a little German, a little Swedish, a little French. Jay has a delivery reminiscent of a cross between Sam Elliott and Morgan Freeman - warm and smooth with character. You take notice. Character voices include mob boss, dragons, wizards, military, "elvish old man", demon, and various cartoon voices.
Experience, training, and equipment
TV, radio, non-broadcast, gaming, corporate, radio imaging.. whatever. Jay loves it all! Thanks to a long career in broadcasting, production, copywriting, recording and sound design Jay has seen it all and he gets it - whatever's thrown at him. Clients love his input and suggestions for new reads when they ask for them during sessions. With over 25 years of experience in broadcasting, audio production, voice acting and copywriting, Jay understands what each part in the creative chain deals with and is responsible for. He's worked with several coaches including the highly regarded L.A. casting director, acting and voice acting expert Nancy Wolfson.
Gear includes:
Mics:
Neumann TLM103
Sennheiser 416
Electro Voice RE20
Shure KSM32
Outboard:
Ruper Neve Designs 1073DPA
Valley 401
Focusrite Clarett 8Pre
Pro Tools
Connection:
Source Connect Pro
iPDTL
Skype
Zoom
Other:
Whisper Room Booth
Copywriting, production, sound design, music composition available.