Voice Actor Resume Examples and Templates for 2023

Voice Actor Text-Only Resume Examples

Years of Experience

Tips for Writing a Better Voice Actor Resume

1. Focus on relevant voice acting experience

Voice actors often have a broader technical, media, or arts background or enter the profession from a different field entirely. But you don’t have to (nor should you) give more than the basic details on any job that doesn’t pertain to your current goals. Keep this tip in mind when drafting your work history, so you don’t type out lengthy descriptions of jobs that won’t speak to your target employers. For partially related jobs, a great strategy is to focus your description on the skills you gained there that now complement your overall skill set.

2. Spell out your results

In physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction; but according to resume logic, every action has a larger, magnifying, much more interesting result. That’s to say, each of your work duties has some positive impact or influence, helping your broader organization succeed in the short and long term. Speak to that broader impact in your job descriptions, and you’ll strengthen your resume significantly.

Even if you can’t recall examples or data to quantify a work area, that doesn’t mean you have to word it as a basic duty. You can always state the duty’s general, intended result, or value. Try simply adding the phrase “in order to” at the end of the duty statement, then jotting down whatever general purposes or outcomes you think of (then delete “in order” from your final resume for brevity). You might be surprised how much stronger the revised statement is. It’s a much more accurate account of your work’s depth and impact.

3. Use active language

The best way to create a lively, active tone is to think of your written material as a story with “characters and their actions,” in the words of Joseph Williams’s popular writing book Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. And who’s the primary character of your resume? You, of course. Your resume may contain many details on various recording projects, but you should center it all on yourself and your contributions to each. A useful way to do this grammatically is to begin every sentence as an “I” statement, then remove the “I” and leave the rest of the phrase on your final resume.

Key Skills Hiring Managers Look for on Voice Actor Resumes

Voice actors are often counted on to be flexible, collaborative, and receptive to feedback in working on professional recordings. You can showcase these and your other strengths in a “Key Skills” section under your profile, as in the resume examples above. This section gives hiring managers a quick overview of your relevant expertise and can help your resume perform better in ATS scans. Consider including any of the terms below:

Common Action Verbs for Voice Actor Resumes

It’s easy to get stuck when writing the professional experience section of your resume. You might find yourself running out of action verbs to describe your work. To help you over the hump, we put together this list of strong resume verbs:

How to Align Your Voice Actor Resume With the Job Description

Voice actors read, recite, and interpret various forms of media and writing but often have few (if any) formal writing duties. You may therefore feel at a disadvantage in writing a resume for your next voice acting opportunity. To generate interview opportunities and auditions, you’ll want to carefully align your document with each individual job description.

Which broad voice acting areas have you worked in (arts, advertising, e-learning)? Has your career been primarily freelance or with studios, marketing firms, or other large organizations? Keep details like these in mind when looking at voice actor jobs that interest you. If a posting includes details that overlap with your background, be sure to mention that in your resume profile. Taking this extra step will make your resume more relevant to the job at hand and more likely to attract the hiring manager’s notice.