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Tess Whittaker COMPANY NAME Teresa-May Whittaker Voice-Over COURSE BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) YEAR OF STUDY OR YEAR OF GRADUATION 2016 WEBSITE OR LINK TO FURTHER INFORMATION www.teresamayvoiceover.co.uk “The freedom to create and build on opportunities I’ve personally developed. I’m a voice-over artist and am registered as a sole trader. My voice has been used for audiobooks, adverts, corporate videos, animation films and much more! Clients have included HSBC, Nivea, Royal Mail and many different authors. I have a home recording studio, which allows me to create the final, polished audio tracks. After a serious accident in 2009, I plucked up the courage to return to university to re-train in a career that I was really passionate about. During my first year, the voice-over world exploded and with new technology emerging it became possible for me to utilise my previous acting skills from home. The Senior Experimental Officer for the Speech and Hearing Department at QMU was a fountain of knowledge in getting my home recording studio up and running. My Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) training helped me to safely develop character voices and accents. Due to university contacts, I’m now in the amazing position to also be part of Fitvoice, a community interest company, which allows me to combine my skills as an actress and SLT. I love the diverse nature of being a voice-over artist, as I can find myself voicing a ‘talking t-shirt’ for an advert one minute and creating over 100 voices for an audiobook the next!”