A Guide To Creating a Successful Voice Over Artist Profile on OutSpoken Voices

Congratulations on successfully completing the voice over artist registration process with OutSpoken! Welcome to the family!

We meticulously review every application to ensure we represent only the best, most talented, and most experienced voice over artists. Now, it's time to build your OutSpoken profile.

Your profile is crucial for your future success as a voice artist, so take the time to carefully consider how you'd like to present yourself to potential clients. Here are some simple steps to help you make the most of your profile.

After logging into your new account, go to the "My Profile" section.

There, you will see four different tabs on the left:

1. Personal Data

This section is where you'll enter your full name, address, date of birth, and other personal details. Most of this information will already be populated from your registration.

• Voice Age: Indicate how old you sound. This helps potential clients find you when they are looking for an artist in a specific age bracket, such as a male in their 40s.
• Native Language(s): If you are bilingual, you can select up to 4 native languages. Ensure these are languages you can speak to a native level and without any foreign accent. Please include an audio reel in every language that you speak.
• Other Languages Fluently Spoken: Specify any other languages you speak fluently and feel confident recording a session in. This is useful for clients who may need a non-English voice over artist who can record scripts in English with their native accent, for example.
• Accents: List any genuine regional accents you can perform, such as Manchester, Liverpool, Yorkshire, Irish, New York, or Australian. Please mark clearly, in brackets, which accent is your native accent, e.g. Brummie (native), New York (native). If the client is looking for someone who can read the script in Brummie accent for example, you don’t want to be missed from that list. Clients often use language and accent filters when searching for voice artists on our site, so ensure your profile is accurate and up-to-date.
• Voice Profile Description: This section is vital for your visibility and is a compulsory field. You won’t be able to submit any changes until you provide information here. Detail your voice over training, areas of expertise, and relevant professional experiences. Clients often use specific keywords when searching, so include targeted words and phrases that reflect your unique skills and experiences.
  • Think about the voice over projects you’d like to work on. What kind of voice recordings do you feel most comfortable with?
  • If video games and animations are your niche, make sure to highlight this.
  • List the voice over work you’ve done so far and the clients you’ve worked for.

Consider these questions to help create a comprehensive description:

• How did you get into voice overs?
• Do you have a drama degree or a background in comedy?
• What experiences do you have with motion capture?
• Have you done any foreign dubbing, ADRs (crowd dubbing), or ELTs (English Language Teaching courses)?
• Do you have any personal interests or past experiences relevant to specialized voice over projects, such as finance, medicine, or the military?
• Have you picked up any accents from moving around?
• How can clients connect with your home studio (Zoom, Source Connect, Skype, Cleanfeed, etc.)?

2. Experience and Equipment

If you’ve invested in your home studio, this is your place to shine. Provide detailed information about your audio equipment and the editing software you use. Mention your recording booth, interface, and how clients can connect with your studio for live sessions.

Our customers are increasingly tech savvy and take an interest in the equipment when selecting voices. Specifying your studio equipment demonstrates to potential clients that you have a professional setup capable of delivering high-quality recordings.

3. Account Data

Here, you can change the password to your OutSpoken account.

4. Public Profile

• Voice Style and Tone: Describe whether you have a friendly "guy next door" tone or a more authoritative voice.
• Voice Over Skills: Indicate your specialities, such as commercial, animation, or documentary recordings. Attach relevant voice reels to support your claims. For example, if you choose a commercial, computer game or audiobook from the list, you should include examples of your work in these genres.
• Response Time: Specify how quickly you will respond to queries and casting calls.
• Upload Demo Reels: Ensure your reels are clearly named to help clients easily identify them. Use descriptions like: 
  • Main reel (e.g. your mixed demo)
  • Commercial (e.g., Commercial Lloyds Bank, Commercial English)
  • Narration
  • Audiobook
  • Animation
  • IVR or Phone Messaging
  • Corporate
  • Video game
  • Character
  • Educational
  • E-Learning
  • Documentary
  • Explainer
  • Training
  • Promo
  • Imaging

• It’s important to name your reels using these descriptions to help clients quickly find and listen to the ones they are most interested in. Do not include your name in the reel descriptions to protect yourself against unauthorised use of your voice for machine training.
• Additionally, include a dry studio read (an unedited recording without background music or effects) to show clients the quality of your raw recordings.
• We also ask our artists to only upload up to 10 voice reels.

Completing your voice over artist profile on OutSpoken’s website is crucial for your future success. The more information you provide, the better your chances of getting hired for voice over projects. Your profile is your portfolio, and clients want to know who they are working with. Providing detailed information increases your chances of being selected.

If you’re unsure how your profile should look, here are some examples of pages we like:

Peter

Steve Dan

Helen

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