I produce a wide variety of projects including TV and radio adverts, business presentations, telephone system messages, training videos, educational scripts, medical and technical reads, charity appeals, audiobooks and character roles.
Previous and current clients include Abbvie, Activision, Adidas, Adobe, AOK Insurance, Amazon, Apache Corporation, Audi, Avery, Aviva, AXA, B&Q, Barclays, Bosch, Bradford & Bingley, Burger King, Cambridge University Press, Capita, Capital Radio, Coca Cola Enterprises, Colgate, The Co-operative, Datacolor, DBS Bank, Delphi, eBay, E.On Energy, The European Central Bank, First Data, First Group, General Motors, Gillette, Google, Gore-Tex, Groupon, Hays, HBOS, Heineken, Her Majesty's Cabinet Office, Hewlett Packard, Hilton Hotels, HSBC, Intel, InterAction, KFC, Kinder, KPMG, Kuoni, Legal & General, LG, Lloyds Bank, Marks & Spencer, MasterCard, McKinsey and Company, Microsoft, Miele, MINI, More Than, National Grid, The National Health Service, Netflix, O2, Pentel, Philips, The Post Office, Procter & Gamble, RAC, Santander, Severn Trent Water, Shell, Sony, Spotify, SunEdison, Triumph International, Uber, UBS, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Vonage, Weber Shandwick, Worx Power Tools, Xbox, Xfm, Zenith Insurance and 3M.
Testimonials:
"Simon's an extremely refreshing person to work with - a true professional. He completely nailed what we wanted, and was more than happy to offer suggestions for how to make our voice-over work even better. Great experience, and we'll certainly use him again in the future!"
Haje Van Kamps, Kamps Consulting.
"Simon is always a pleasure to work with and is usually able to turn scripts around at very short notice when required. His warm, clear and engaging tone of voice is ideal for many of our business presentations, and we appreciate his clear diction and comfortable pace of speaking. Simon's professional and flexible approach to projects means that it's easy to get what we need, and we would certainly recommend Simon to colleagues. [Thanks for a great job! Look forward to working with you again soon!]"
Dawn Lyle, iCreate Ltd.
"Excellent supplier with a unique dedication to perfection. Not only did he finish the job to all my desires, he did it on an indeed very tight schedule, and went out of his way to meet it. A very professional voice talent, who I would love to hire again."
Klaus Bjarner, Gaffa Media.
"Simon is easy to work with, quick, and has a terrific, confident, relaxed tone. We'll definitely work with him again when the right project comes up."
Neil McBean, Rival Schools.
"GREAT to work with! Fast turn around and very quick responses! I will use him every time I can."
Shailey Murphy, Harp Creative.
"We were searching for someone with a youthful, honest and friendly voice ..all looked pretty dismal until we bumped into Simon. He delivered a brilliant narration for our company video. Needless to say, we are extremely pleased with his work."
Thomas Burns, Tep Wireless
"Remarkable work rate, clear voice, takes direction. a pleasure to work with....."
Steven Gurevitz, Studio 2002.
"Simon did an excellent job all the way around. He met the deadline required by my project with well over 7 hours to spare. I would recommend him to anyone!"
Ron Taylor, CEO, LeadExcel Inc.
"It's been a delight working with Simon: he's very responsive and professional and I'm really pleased with the excellent outcome of the job!"
Joris Byron, Timbooktwo
Trained in voiceover work by BBC broadcasters at Voxtraining of London
Further coaching by Nancy Wolfson (Braintracks Audio) and Yvonne Morley (LAMDA).
Have previously worked as a spoken English instructor and all areas of sales, including telesales and training salespeople.
Gefell MT71S microphone. Also AudioTechnica 4040 and Rode NT1A.
Apogee Quartet Professional interface, Allen & Heath Z6010 mixer, Genelec 8020 speakers.
Apple Macintosh running Audacity, Pro Tools and TwistedWave.
Phone patch, Skype, ISDN, Source Connect.
Easy, regular access to London studios with any equipment that may be required.
Good instinct for reading copy i.e. the rhythms, phrasing and stresses.
Very confident with long and/or difficult words and technical/medical reads.
Co-operative, happy to take direction and follow instructions.
Can write or edit copy.
Can edit as well as record audio tracks in own studio.
Can supply and add music to tracks.
Quick turnaround, any format and delivery method.