How does an audiobook producer find talent? What exactly makes a good sample? For answers to these questions and more, join us for a very special conversation with beloved former EIF staff members Nithya Rajendran and Iris McElroy. Both of these phenomenal voice lab alumni have gone on to produce audiobooks for one of the top 5 publishing houses in the industry. This lively one hour discussion (3-4 p.m. PT / 6-7 p.m. ET) will give insight, invaluable career advice and resource suggestions from two of the industry’s most dynamic producers. Discussion to be followed by a Q&A.
BIOS
Nithya Rajendran
Born in India and raised all over the US, Nithya Rajendran has been in the audio space for her entire career: from starting in the music industry to doing live sound at prominent NYC venues to most recently running the EIF VO Lab at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. She now produces audiobooks of all varieties for a large global publishing house. She currently resides in Memphis, TN.
Iris McElory
Iris is a multifaceted audiobook producer, engineer, and all-around audio fan. With over a decade in the biz, she’s had the pleasure of working in all manners of VO production as an engineer and editor, and the business as an assistant agent at Abrams Artists, before settling into a producer role at HarperCollins Publishers and most recently Penguin Random House Audio. One of her favorite jobs however was working in the SAG-AFTRA Foundation voiceover lab in New York City.
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