Experienced Freelance Bilingual Spanish/English Narrator for Audiobooks (Independent Contractor)
• NOTE: This listing is for a Remote Independent Contract (Work for Hire) Audiobook Narrator. This is not a staff position. *** Talking Book Publishers Inc. is a small nonprofit serving the Blind and Print disabled community. We have been making accessible audiobooks for over 60 years. We are currently looking for experienced audiobook narrator contractors who are bilingual in Spanish and English and want to join our contractor roster to help us with our work. We are looking for narrators who are fluent in English as well as:
- Spanish (We prefer a Spanish neutral narration style if possible.)
- Castillian (Spain) Spanish Dialects
- Latin American Spanish Dialects
- South American Spanish Dialects
We are looking for experienced narrators who have room in their business schedules for 6-30 hours per week. This contract is great for filling in the gaps of your other projects. This contract is paid at $75.00pfh of audio.(Per Finished Hour rate, prorated to the minute). Depending on your skill, and accuracy your earning potential is in your hands. You will be responsible on a per-project basis for the recording and narration of books and magazine articles of various lengths and complexity as projects become available. We are expecting clean raw audio, free from errors. We expect you to meet any agreed-upon deadlines for the narration and deadlines for returning any corrections that are required. We will need you to guarantee your work for 2 years. (**We are only looking for clean error free narration; these projects will not require you to perform any editing or mastering of the audio, as our technicians will handle that in-house.) If you are an experienced contract audiobook narrator who is looking for more work for hire projects, please send us the following for consideration:
- Complete the screener questions, so we can get to know you and your experience and casting possibilities a bit.
- Send a resume/cover letter
- Send one, 3-5 min length sample selection of you reading a FICTION audiobook, recorded in your studio.
- Send one, 3-5 min length sample selection of you reading a NON-FICTION audiobook, recorded in your studio.
Sample Submissions: These samples should be a good example of your work. each should be 3-5 minutes in length. Also, please send samples of audiobooks, not demo reels, 1 sample of fiction and 1 sample nonfiction of something you have read before will be great. If you do not have audiobook narration experience, this position is not for you at this time. We are not looking to train audiobook narrators at this time, we are hoping to find seasoned, experienced narrators to join our roster. We look forward to speaking with you soon! *Please do not contact or stop by our studio directly, the onsite staff are not able to help with this hiring process. Thank you for respecting our process. Pay: Up to $75.00 per hour Application Question(s)
- How many hours per week would you be available for narration work with our nonprofit?
- Do you have experience recording Spanish or English audiobooks?
- Please tell me a little bit about your previous experience as an audiobook narrator. (We will not be considering candidates lacking proven audiobook narration experience)
What makes you a good candidate for this position.
- Do you have a fiction and nonfiction sample of your voice work you can submit for review? (dedicated audiobook narration sample, not a demo reel)
- Do you currently have a home studio setup? If so, please tell me about your setup and the equipment involved in it. What programs and software do you use in your audiobook production?
Language
- Spanish (Required)
- English (Required)
- Any other languages? (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote