Freelance Voice Over Artist (Spanish- /Italian-speakers needed, project-based) in Berlin bei Babbel

About Babbel

Babbel is driven by a mission: Everyone. Learning. Languages. This means building products that help people connect and communicate across cultures. Babbel, Babbel Live and Babbel for Business use languages in real situations, with real people. And it works: Studies with Yale University, City University of New York and Michigan State University prove its effectiveness. The key is a blend of humanity and technology. More than 60,000 lessons across 14 languages are hand-crafted by 150+ linguists, with user behaviours continuously analysed to shape and tweak the learner experience. From headquarters in Berlin and New York, 750 people from more than 60 nationalities represent all the differences that make humans unique. Babbel is the most profitable language learning app worldwide, with more than 10 million subscriptions sold. For more information, visit www.babbel.com or download the apps in the App Store or Play Store.

For creating educational and engaging podcast productions, the Learning Media Team in the Didactics department is looking for freelance voice over artists to work with our language experts and audio producers delivering high quality audio experiences for our learners.

The Learning Media Team values diversity in learning content and aims for telling stories of a multicultural community. We strongly encourage people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of marginalized ethnic groups to contribute their voices to our content, and to bring authenticity to the characters from diverse backgrounds.

In the current project, we are looking for voices that can represent the following communities:

• Native Italian (preferably from Naples) with North African heritage, female/ male, 20-30 year-old
• Italo-american who grew up in the US but with a good command of Italian (C1 or above), female, 60+ year-old
• Spanish-Equatorial Guinean, male, 30-40 year-old
• Moroccan who speaks near native Spanish with an accent from Andalusia/ Granada, male, 35-40 year-old
• Native mandarin speaker with a good command of Italian (C1 or above), female/ male, 25-35 year-old

You will:

• Remotely record spoken lines from scripts for beginners of the learning language
• Bring creative suggestions that bring joy to the listeners and raise the standard of our content
• Receive live direction from audio producer and language experts to deliver the best audio for language learners
• Deliver high-quality audio recordings on schedule

You have:

• Spanish OR Italian language skills – native level (regional accents and foreign accents welcomed)
• A clear voice and impeccable enunciation
• Experience in voice acting, stage performance, etc. a plus
• Experience with and access to high quality audio production equipment
• Internet connection for live direction
• Excellent reading skills
• Passion for languages and cultures
• Reliable and an independent way of working

Why Babbel:

• Work on something that truly matters and contribute to the learning of millions of users
• A culture that treats individual differences as strength
• Work with creative discretion and ownership from day one
• A vibrant international team from over 65 different nationalities

Send us a recording sample of your voice or a link to your portfolio. Even if you aren't able to produce a high-quality sample, we'd love to hear it.

Join one of the fastest growing education technology companies and contribute to making language learning even more exciting.

We look forward to hearing from you!