Voice acting is a highly skilled profession where professionals record a script and create the illusion of an actor on screen. It can be incredibly varied, with the job taking you to all sorts of places - from recording a narrator for a film to providing voice overs for eLearning modules and phone apps. This makes it a great career choice for those who want a flexible work from home lifestyle with the potential to make amazing projects a reality (such as NY Times bestseller books, trailers for feature films or Coca-Cola international ads).

Many people have the idea that you need to have an incredible voice to become a voice over artist but this isn’t necessarily true. While a pleasant natural voice is a big asset, it’s just as important to be able to imitate voices and improvise in order to produce characters based on pre-existing scripts. This is especially important if you’re aiming to work on animation (anime) or documentary film voice overs.

As well as these technical skills, a good voice over artist is also able to adapt quickly and confidently to direction from the director, dialogue editor or recording engineer. This kind of flexibility is particularly important when working on longer-form projects such as audio books and elearning modules, where the voice over will require editing in post-production. Finally, a voice over artist must be able to build their portfolio by making it easy for casting directors and producers to find their work online; this is becoming increasingly important as the industry continues to shift online.voiceover artists