Alex Herring

Have an animation project that you can’t wait to bring to life? Need to find just the right quirky and adorable creature, dashing and romantic hero or scheming and evil villain? Then you need a voice actor, emphasis on ACTOR. No matter where in the process of creating your animation you are, whether in the early stage where you want to hear the character to finalize his character and find all his features, or at a later stage when the animation is complete and now you need to replace the guide track with a final voice over, working with an actor on your animation project is sure to breathe extra life into the project. You want to work with an actor who can bring your desired personalities and attitudes to your characters just as you imagined them, can take direction quickly and improvise when needed. Alex has studied with some of the best coaches in New York City and is a skilled improviser. He can quickly bring your animated vision to life.

Any business, whether they’re just starting out or have been in business for decades, has a primary goal of attracting customers for their products or services. They invest in a commercial to connect with these prospective buyers and start a conversation with them. To make this commercial, they need directors, videographers, copywriters, and composers. Often they consult with an ad agency who helps craft the story. So after all that investment in planning and creation, they need a professional voice talent to bring the project together and give it life. Regardless of the product or service, your commercial should build a connection with customers and share the story of your brand. And a good commercial will do that – tell customers what you do and why you do it. But a great commercial will tell your story to customers, invite them in, find common ground, and describe how what you offer will improve their lives. And finding the right voice over, the perfect storyteller for your brand, will take your commercial from good to great. As an experienced millennial male voice over artist, Alex Herring is that storyteller.

Corporate communication encompasses a large range of platforms – from commercials to explainer and web videos, to internal presentations, employee education, shareholder meetings, and even phone systems. Because you’re not just talking to consumers, but to present and future employees, your leadership teams, board members and investors, you want to make sure that your corporate communication is professional and on-brand. You want to make sure the “voice” of your brand is also professional and represents who you are as a business. Make sure you’re working with experienced corporate narrator, Alex Herring. Alex is an engaging communicator who followed up a degree in public speaking with voice over training in New York City. That experience gave Alex the skills to transition easily from conversational to energetic, inspirational and motivating, casual to enthusiastic, to wry and witty while quickly dialing in on the script and direction. Whether you’re engaging with the board room or the mailroom, your customers, leaders, or lenders, Alex is able to provide the personality and professionalism to represent your brand effectively.

There is something special about a documentary. Maybe it’s the deep dive into a particular topic, the visual storytelling, the informative interviews and perspectives revealed or even the music. Often, what can bring a documentary that intimacy, that feeling of an exploration just between documentarian and viewer is the voice over. Professional documentary narrators add empathy and deliver perspectives perhaps not considered before about a topic. And it is the manner in which they have the conversation that inspire new connections to the subject. Alex Herring is a natural storyteller who loves to take documentary viewers on a journey with the documentarian to reveal hidden gems and fascinating new worlds. His natural, conversational cadence allows him to shift easily during the imagery, pausing or joining right at the moment of actions as the story unfolds. His calm approach, attention to detail and ease at taking direction make Alex the perfect partner for this unique storytelling experience.

In highly technical areas such as medicine, learning doesn’t stop once a diploma or credential is earned. Healthcare professionals are life-long learners. In this line of work, there are innovative and ever-changing procedures, advancements in equipment and technologies and continuing medical education (CME) can lead to more lives saved, more suffering eased. These highly technical education offerings require an experienced professional narrator who does not shy away from highly detailed and complex content. Alex Herring has taught many detailed and technical in-person workshops over the years while growing his voice over brand. Because of these experiences, he is skilled in breaking down material into easily digestible segments, engaging the audience, and holding their attention to maximize retention. Doctors, nurses, specialists and surgeons alike need to feel they are being instructed by a peer, someone they can trust and so the CME voice over has to fill the subject matter expert role effectively. Alex’s attention to detail and a facility with highly technical concepts brings a confidence and sense of credibility that will make your medical narration project a success.

Innovative and ever-changing specialties such as in the pharmaceutical arena require continued education of their employees. For scientists working to develop new drugs, vaccines and other treatments, sales professionals responsible for sharing important information to doctors and other healthcare professionals, pharmacists dispensing medications and addressing patient questions, among others, educational offerings are extremely important and require a professional and skilled narrator to provide the voice over. In the world of continuing medical education (CME), a detailed approach to instruction can often differentiate a good course from a great one and have a direct impact on retention and comprehension. Alex Herring has a keen sense for detail and a facility with complex content that infuses his narration with a clear, confidence that inspires learning. He can capture and retain the attention of busy professionals who need content they can understand and implement quickly. Alex is able to make that connection and deliver information to help them improve and ultimately positively impact people’s health.

If 2020 is any example, online learning is forever changed. Freed (or forced) from the restrictions of brick and mortar buildings, calendars, and traditional schedules, the methods for teaching and learning have changed across societal, geographical, and chronological boundaries. And it’s not just in traditional academic arenas. Since all that’s required is access to the internet, learning is happening independent of age, social status or location. Corporations, specialties and other organizations are also embracing the need for continuing education for employees, members and constituents and eLearning offerings have become big business, one that should reach $300 Billion and beyond by 2025. An actor’s approach to narrating eLearning education and instruction can often help make a good course into a great one, which is why hiring an experienced and engaging voice actor like Alex Herring is a very smart choice. Alex’s talent and acting training allows him to tap into a wide range of characters and personalities that can be tailored to any role-play scenario for any audience. And with 15 years of experience as an educator himself, Alex has learned how to break down the material into small bites, establish the correct pace and tone and engage the learner to maximize retention.

It’s a solid marketing strategy to engage your customers or prospective clients with video. Explainer videos take engagement up a notch or two and help companies engage with visitors to their websites and social media pages by taking 1-3 minutes to describe your company, product, service or process with animation, whiteboards, stop-action photography, and more. Explainers tend to be fun, quirky, approachable, sometimes serious videos and nearly every industry creates them from automotive to technology, hospitality, insurance and finance, fitness, manufacturing, cloud computing, block chain, and a myriad of others. So as you’re crafting your story, or working on a feature for a product line or service, be sure you’re working with a professional voice actor to enhance your involvement with consumers. Alex Herring is a professional male voice over talent who’s uncanny authenticity and believable, relatable style lends itself nicely to a conversation about your brand.

In a world, where entertainment dominates our attention and anticipation is key to attract it, promos and trailers reign supreme. They entice a listener or viewer with just enough information to make them clamor for more and tune in for the premier of a new series or a dramatic action filled episode of their favorite show, or head to the movie theater for opening night of a much anticipated blockbuster. They also garner attention for important news events, broadcasts of live events or other “must see” content. In order to claim this attention, the Promo or Trailer must employ a solid, effective professional voice over. Alex Herring is an actor who can entertain an audience, bring attention to content and capture the attitude and style of whatever he’s promoting. Tune into his demo pages for more, you won’t want to miss it!

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are the ultimate opportunity for non-profits or government agencies to be of service to a larger constituency. A familiar form of disseminating information, they’re often designed to be memorable “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires” or engage with a viewer viscerally “This Is Your Brain… This Is Your Brain On Drugs”. And here it is very important that the right voice over delivers the message. The reason that PSAs are so effective is because they’re meant to strike a nerve with their audience, so you want to make sure to employ a voice actor that understands the power the voice over has to make a story compelling. Alex Herring is a strong, believable storyteller with the gravitas and empathy to inspire and move others. He can tap into their hopes, inspire their confidence and encourage them to do what’s right for their fellow man and make your PSA a successful campaign.