Biz: Job Markets

Have you heard the term “versioning”? If not, listen up, because it’s expanding opportunities for voice actors. Mike Zirinsky, president of the NYC-based Creative Media Design (CMD) audio production house, explains “versioning” and motion capture technology …

Put your voice over characters to work in indie games! Voice actress Tamara Ryan shares many sources for finding this work, in Part 2 of her series on voice acting in the rapidly growing indie games business.

Rapidly growing indie video games business is ideal market for voice over character jobs

Facebook is now posting jobs – not yet for voice over – but you know it’s coming. Voice actor – social media monitor Dave Courvoisier explains …

The Hollywood award season overlooks voice over artists who re-record voices in movies sent worldwide: consider the “Frozen” international cast of over 900!

You’ve seen photos of those odd gadgets over the eyes – but see the headphones, too! Dave Courvoisier notes how Virtual Reality is mushrooming beyond gaming and entertainment to many genres … another niche market for voice overs. But are you and the industry prepared?

E-learning and the need for voice overs in that niche is exploding into all realms of training and info-gathering by corporations, governments and for personal use. Catch what’s happening – and “borrow” these creative ideas from Rick Gordon, co-founder of e-Learning Voices.com, the specialized voice over online marketplace …

Feeling stifled by his radio career, Mark Weitzman moved to Japan in the early 1990s, where he’s become a versatile English-language voice talent of many genres. How did he get established, and how does the Japanese market work for English language voice overs? Mark explains …

If you’re voicing TV promos, you’re part of an evolution in a field that’s becoming ever more important to your clients’ bottom lines. Historically used by networks during commercial breaks…

Work? What This Means For You … By Jim Conlan  © Jim Conlan Voice Overs 2009 Lots of professional voice-over talent, including me, have a long history of doing voice-overs…