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

  1. 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.
  2. Hiring the right voice starts with discoverability: speakers will recommend resources and best practices to search for and audition voiceover talent.
  3. 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.

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Organizer

Katie Punia, VP, Publicity, Penguin Random House Audio


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Panel
  • Track: DEIB
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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