helen@HQvoice.com | @HQvoice
Hello and welcome. Presumably you’re here because you want to know more about who I am and what I can do for you as a voiceover and producer. So, a little breakdown.
VOICEOVER ARTIST
I’ve been voicing professionally since 1997 when I started in radio as a traffic reporter. Since then I’ve voiced everything from commercials to continuity, though I’m probably best known for the viral video, Porn Sex vs Real Sex: The Differences Explained with Food which has hit nearly 20 million views. It’s funny, it’s informative and it’s definitely not suitable for work.
I’ve recorded for myriad clients including high-end car manufacturers and software companies. To hear work from some of these, visit the DEMOS page.
I work from my purpose-built professional recording studio in Chelmsford, within easy reach of London.
If you’re looking for a cool, calm and contemporary sound and occasionally something a bit northern, my USP is British with a twist. Mary Poppins reads Fifty Shades of Grey. Cheeky but classy. Warm, smooth, professional – with a wink!
STUDIO SPECS
Source Connect (Standard and Now)
Cleanfeed
Purpose-built VOICEOVER BOOTH
Neumann TLM 193/U87, SENNHEISER MKH416
Fireface UCX interface
AUDIO and RADIO DRAMA PRODUCER
Starting with Eleanor of Aquitaine: Mother of the Pride in association with Tara Arts in 2019, I’ve co-produced docudrama The Space Race, the podcast drama The Effect (both for Audible), radio soap series Greenborne (B7 Media), Venna’s Planet (AUK), one-off legal drama Barred and Mahabharata Now (BBC Radio 4), with Episodes 3 and 4 currently in production.
Coming soon is Theatre of The Damned, a B7 Media co-production with Metal Rabbit Productions, due for release in Sumer 2023.
I’ve also produced Podcasts (Robin Ince’s Show & Tell and Utter Shambles) and mastered numerous audiobooks.
AUDIO PROMOS / TRAILS PRODUCER
I’ve worked as one of BBC Creative’s freelance radio producers for more than a decade, producing high profile national trails for Gentleman Jack, Poldark, The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show and The Green Planet, plus Promax award-winning promos for The Apprentice and the BBC’s Make a Difference campaign. Click here for examples.
As an independent producer, my trail for Audible UK’s The Effect won Bronze at the Promax North America Awards 2022, up against trails from CNN, Disney+ and Hulu.
NUTS and BOLTS
Years of polishing voice for broadcast has served me well in mixing and mastering work, including commercial campaigns for Digital Radio UK, podcast series The Big Steal, audio content for Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place app and dialogue editing for Unsinkable, (Indie Podcast Fiction series), Barred (BBC Radio 4) and the upcoming Theatre of the Damned. (B7Media / Metal Rabbit)
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
And a step away – in part – from audio, as Associate Publisher on two new graphic novels: an original 4 part scifi thriller, Pilgrim – with accompanying fiction podcast in development – and Hancock: The Lad Himself, a graphic novel biography of Tony Hancock, one of Britain’s best known and loved comedians, written by Stephen Walsh and drawn by Keith Page, to be released Easter 2023.
My Voice
As a voiceover, I don’t really do the Big, Shouty Sell. My voiceover style is more subtle, dryly comic and wry. Cool, indifferent car commercials. Sultry high-end jewellery promos or real estate videos.
Different voices suit different tasks. As I say, you’ll hear me a lot on-hold. I’ll often narrate corporate videos or short explainers. I’m friendly, informative, professional… so a lot of e-learning comes my way. I’m an excellent “every voice”; inoffensive, easy on the ear, and so appropriate to any number of projects needing narration that’s easy to follow and pleasant to listen to.
And if you need something more regional, my native accent is Hartlepool via Teesside. Somewhat softened now, but there are samples in the “North East Demo” on the Demos page! Plus as a voiceover with home studio, I have flexible availability and speedy turnaround times.
