About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced voice actors and voice professionals who are native English speakers with a neutral, standard UK English accent and are currently based in the United Kingdom. This role supports an advanced text-to-speech initiative focused on developing natural, expressive, and human-like voice technology for a customer-experience AI agent. Selected professionals will record high-quality scripted audio across multiple styles while maintaining consistent vocal quality, pronunciation, pacing, and delivery. Voice recordings may be used to create a cloned voice specifically for the designated CX AI agent. This is an independent contractor role, fully remote, with an expected commitment of approximately 5–10 hours per week. Competitive rates between $45–$95 per hour depending on experience and project scope.

Requirements

  • Native English fluency with a neutral, standard UK English accent
  • Current residence in the United Kingdom
  • Professional experience in voice acting, voiceover, dubbing, narration, podcasting, broadcasting, or a related field
  • Strong command of intonation, diction, pronunciation, pacing, and emotional delivery
  • Experience following scripts and performance direction precisely
  • Access to a professional or near-professional recording setup
  • A high-quality microphone and quiet recording environment
  • Reliable availability for approximately 5–10 hours per week
  • Comfort providing recordings that may be used for voice cloning within the stated project scope

Nice To Haves

  • Previous text-to-speech recording experience
  • Experience recording audiobooks or long-form narration
  • Background recording IVR or customer-service voice systems
  • Experience contributing to AI speech or voice datasets
  • Familiarity with Audacity, Adobe Audition, Reaper, or comparable audio software
  • Ability to deliver multiple vocal styles, including conversational, corporate, energetic, and calm
  • Experience working from detailed pronunciation or performance guidelines
  • Basic audio editing and quality-control skills

Responsibilities

  • Record high-quality voice samples across conversational, narrative, instructional, and other scripted formats
  • Deliver clear, natural, and expressive speech
  • Maintain strong control over tone, pacing, pronunciation, and diction
  • Perform scripts accurately while preserving natural delivery
  • Produce multiple takes where variations in emotion, emphasis, or style are required
  • Maintain consistent accent, vocal character, and recording quality across sessions
  • Adapt delivery to different conversational and professional contexts
  • Demonstrate appropriate emotional range while maintaining clarity
  • Follow detailed performance direction and recording guidelines
  • Maintain reliable vocal quality across the project duration
  • Record in a quiet, controlled environment using professional or near-professional equipment
  • Follow microphone, environment, file-formatting, and recording specifications
  • Monitor recordings for background noise, clipping, distortion, and other quality issues
  • Re-record material when necessary to meet required audio standards
  • Deliver organised audio files according to project specifications
  • Produce recordings suitable for training and evaluating text-to-speech systems
  • Support the development of natural and expressive synthetic speech
  • Record material designed specifically for a customer-experience AI agent
  • Provide sufficient consistency and variation to support high-quality voice modelling
  • Consent to voice cloning for the specific CX AI agent use case associated with this project

Benefits

  • Work remotely with flexible weekly scheduling
  • Competitive hourly compensation
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
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