My Rates, Terms and Conditions:

A few guidelines!

  • Voice-over rates are based on a number of variables: the medium (radio, television, internet), the market (local, national, international), the length, the nature, and the use of the audio;

  • Rates can be determined per project, length of script, or per word;

  • The more specific you are about what you want, the easier it is to give you an informed quote, and the read you need;

  • The prices below are “starting at” rates and are typically based around my Basic Session Fee (or BSF).

  • Remember I'm always happy to provide a free sample before confirming a booking!

  • Figures are for the UK market. Smaller market share may equate to smaller quotes.

  • If you have a pre-existing way of quoting not seen below (eg. explainer videos on a per minute basis), let me know and I can see if we’re a fit!

Commercials (Web Only and YouTube Pre-Roll)

Commercials, to be shown online, social media, company websites and YouTube Pre-Roll. Please see Commercials (TV) and Commercials (UK Cinema) for specific usage.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: 400% of BSF per year of usage.

Commercials (UK Cinema)

Commercials shown in UK cinemas only. Please contact me for international rates.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: 500% of BSF per` year of usage. This can be divided by quarters to reflect usage.

Commercials (TV)

Commercials shown on television. Usage is always based on TVRs. Please detail the total TVRs and the regions of each campaign for a full quote calculated via https://www.usefee.tv/

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: TVR specific.

Corporate (Public)

Online productions that are shown on a company website, social media, YouTube or similar, that aren't being used in a paid commercial context.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: 100% of BSF per year of public online usage.

Explainers

How-to videos, whiteboard style often with cartoons and animations, usually around 1-2 minutes long. Shown online with non-paid usage.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: 50% - 400% of BSF per year of usage. (Depending on the estimated reach of each production.)

Corporate (Internal)

Making a video for your business that is going to live behind a paywall, on an intranet or only be shared internally? Non-public, offline usage is covered here.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: No usage fee if not made accessible to the public online.

E-Learning

Charged per-scripted-word, with a minimum fee of £300

Price Per Word: £0.20

Usage Fee: Usage included within the price.

Medical E-Learning and Medical Narration

Due to the more involved preparation for medical terminology, all medical narration is priced per hour of studio time. In some cases, a post-production fee will be added depending on your requirements.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: No usage fee if not broadcast.

Video Games

Pricing for video games varies greatly depending on the rank of A, AA and AAA titles. Please get in touch for a custom quote. For indie projects I price according to the VAC rate guide.

BSF: £300

Usage Fee: Always negotiated. Either as a percentage of the BSF, or a one-off payment.

Radio

I work on a variety of radio commercials each year, ranging from local to national campaigns. I work to Equity rates.

Prices Starting From: £27.60

Audiobook

My rates are calculated per finished hour of the final audiobook. This includes a full edit and master of your recording by my trusted, world-class editor.

BSF: £300

Rates for other projects are very much client and project dependant,  though a good reference point  is the Gravy for the Brain Rate Card.  But please do not hesitate to contact me for an exact quote.

Payment Terms and Conditions:

Once my services have been officially engaged, the agreed fee is payable within 30 days of invoice via bank transfer.  Payment via Paypal must be agreed in advance, and  will incur a 6% charge to cover their fees.

Copyright & Intellectual Property:

All prices quoted are pro-rata. All copyrights, intellectual property rights, broadcasts rights and any other rights associated with the author (for clarity, the artist/worker hired by the hiring company) and the author's works and/or performances shall remain with the author. Upon full payment of my invoice, the following license is granted by the author for usage rights of the works listed as follows:

License details: The author's works may be used by the hiring company for a period as specified on my invoice, unless otherwise stated, upon which time the works shall cease to be used, or an additional usage payment (equal to the usage payment in the original invoice) shall be made to the author. The author's works may only be used for the agreed product or service (and any of the platforms or mediums) detailed in the invoice line-items, and not in any additional products or services in the future, unless otherwise stated.

For the sake of clarity, this also means that the works may never be incorporated into any text-to-speech, synthetic voice or Al Voice models, on any platform or medium, known now, or in the future.

The author's works may only be used in the geographical region as specified in the invoice line-items, unless otherwise stated; if no geographical region is stated then the license specifies that this is the hiring companies country location only. The hiring company may not transfer the works, nor this license to any third parties, (including the sale of the hiring company itself) without the written consent of the author.

Late Payment:

If you think payment could take longer than 30 days, then this must be agreed to in advance.  If outstanding payment exceeds thirty days without prior agreement,  fees will be applied to the total as per the Late Payment of Commercial Debt Act of 2002. 

Revisions - Terms and Conditions:

With self-directed sessions (when you will not be listening in to me as I record), I will normally send you a sample to approve, or ask you to cite one of my previous projects as a guide to how you want me to voice your project.  Assuming that the approach has been agreed - if you aren't 100% happy with the submitted recording afterwards, I am happy to attempt again until you are completely satisfied.  If script changes are made after the recording, I will charge a revision fee.  This fee will be proportionate to the extent of the changes made to the script, so feel to raise this before recording takes place if you want to discuss a particular project.

With directed sessions (where you have listened in and provided feedback during the recording), I will give you a copy of every take recorded during the session, so you can pick and choose what you want.  We will have agreed in advance how long the session should be to cover everything in your project, and confirmed a price accordingly.  If the session necessitates going over the agreed time, then I will charge according to my basic studio fee rate of £250 per hour unless verbally agreed during the session.  This would be a minimum of £60 for up to 15 minutes, £125 for an extra half hour, or payment for the full hour for any longer.  

Once  you have agreed I can send you an invoice for payment - the project is approved.  Any further changes, either to the script or project, would have to be negotiated and billed as an new order.