SXSW 2025
Building the Ladder: Creating a Pipeline for New VO Talent
Description:
As new types of audio content proliferate and popular forms like audiobooks, podcasts, and video game voiceover continue to expand, creators and producers are in need of an ever-larger pool of voiceover talent to meet increasingly diverse and specific casting briefs. Casting professionals from the realms of audiobooks, video games, and film/TV talk about how their voiceover needs have evolved, the tools they use to discover new voices and methods they’ve implemented to nurture new talent to build a more equitable and inclusive VO industry while creating unforgettable audio experiences.
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Takeaways
- The first step is a commitment to inclusive casting: defining for your organization and doing the work to find the right voice for each project.
- Hiring the right voice starts with discoverability: speakers will recommend resources and best practices to search for and audition voiceover talent.
- Finding new talent is only the beginning: speakers will share how to create a supportive and equitable on ramp for actors entering the VO industry.
Speakers
- Julie Wilson, Director, Casting, Penguin Random House Audio; Co-Founder, Ahab Talent, Penguin Random House Audio
- Billy Collura, Senior Vice President, Voice Over Division, CESD Talent Agency
- Alyssa Leigh Gentile, Senior Voiceover Producer, Riot Games
- Jane Love, National Director, Audiobooks, SAG-AFTRA
Organizer
Katie Punia, VP, Publicity, Penguin Random House Audio
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