Commercial Voice Over Artist: My Professional Demo Reels & Services
Commercial Voice Over Services for TV, Radio, and Digital
I've worked as voice actor for commercials on countless radio and TV ads for brands and organisations across the UK and indeed, the world.
Household names like Global, Wickes, Epic Games (you must have heard of Fortnite!), Lego and Heart Radio have all booked me to read words they've written using my voice. The trick is to make it sound like their voice.
Why Choose a Professional Commercial Voice Over Artist Like Me?
Versatility
Being adaptable as a voice actor is extremely important. It gives me the chance to work on a wide range of project and it gives you the confidence I can nail the sound you've got in mind.
Directability
Good listening skills are just as important as the speaking side of what I do. During a live directed session, you have the chance to give immediate feedback. Not just on the performance but on the interpretation of the script. Trying different things on the fly of course is linked to versatility, but it's also about understanding the vision of whoever is giving notes.
"That's great. Now can you try a version like this?"
Yes, yes I can.
Professionalism
Working with me is easy. This is your project and it's in everybody's best interests if I'm a consummate professional throughout. Good communication, punctuality, reliability. All words that you can expect to experience.
Sense of humour
Of course, if you live in the lighter side of life, I'm there with you every step of the way!
Ability to capture emotion
What are we without emotion? Grey. Lifeless.
For the past couple of years I've been having voiceover for drama coaching to ensure that I can dig into emotions in any type of script? It may not be immediately obvious what emotion a script conveys, but using processes I've learnt over my career, I'll pull them out.
Experience
It's been around 5 years since I started out as a voice actor. In that time I've worked for companies and organizations around the world. I don't know if I've said this before but I'm a two time One Voice Award nominee and one time winner!
But most importantly to me, I've been recognised by my voiceover coaches as ready.
So let's get started.
If you are in need of an exceptional voice-over experience, look no further than Martin. A brilliant interpreter of your words.
A true artist and a great communicator.
Examples of commercials
Serkova Vodka - TV commercial
This is one of the shortest but best projects I've been involved with. 3 words. THREE WORDS. That's one of the joys of voiceover - getting the message across in the time you have. Here, a 6 second TV ad.
Becoming a Domex Engineer - Web ad narration
A very nice little web ad for Domex engineering to appeal to the engineers of the future! All parties in this production are based in the SE of England, go go local collaboration!
Lego - TV promo
These two clips are for a TV promo sponsorship ad shown on Eurosport during Le Mans 2020. The brief was for a confident British male voiceover, to marry up with the power and precision of both Lego and the race.
Fí Clinica - Web ad
The client wanted a clear, crisp read to marry up with their clear, crisp video. They wanted to convey their clinic's philosophy of perfection through ballet, emotive music and good enunciation!
What happens after I complete a contact form?
After you’ve completed the contact form, I’ll reply to you within 24 hours (that's an absolute maximum, it's usually a lot sooner. Especially during working hours).
If you're looking for a quote and I have all the information I need from you already, then I'll send you my costs including the expected turnaround time for the job. If I need a bit more info, I'll be as specific as I can when responding so we don't have a long winded back and forth!
If you want a sample of your script to see if I'm right for the job, I'll record something as soon as my schedule allows. It may be within hours, but an absolute maximum of 24 hours. If you send me a request at 6pm for example, you'll have a sample by 9am the next day.
If you want to book me for a directed session, I'll reply letting you know if I'm available on the dates/times you need.
Of course if you'd prefer, we can arrange either a phone call or better still a ZOOM, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet to discuss your requirements where I will talk to you in depth about the project.
Some typical things that I ask about are: The type of voice you're looking for, if you've got any references (i.e. other ads you’ve seen that you liked and why you like them), if the script has already been written, how long the piece is, any particular requirements from the recording, what your deadline is).
We can dig into it further by talking about the target audience, what the purpose of the project is, the sort of emotion you want to project to the audience etc.
Once I've gathered all the information I need, I'll send you a formal quote. If it's all agreed then I'll confirm the recording date with a contract that you'll need to sign.
From there, I'll complete the recording and send it to you either by email or a file transfer service. If for any reason you aren't happy (mispronunciation, pacing etc) then you can ask for revisions up to a maximum of two times.
When everything is as desired, the best thing happens. I send an invoice!
Commercial rights/usage
Chances are, if you're booking me to record a TV/radio/internet commercial, you'll know all about usage rights. There's a bit about it here on my voiceover rates page. If you have the usage sorted already, then that's BRILLIANT. If not, then we can have a chat.
Voiceover case study
You want more proof?! Ok, ok. I've put together a commercial voiecover case study about a job for well known national radio station. You can read about how I helped them by building trust in what I can do.