Inside Europe's Voiceover Industry:
Remote Work, Real Talk & Resilience
Summary:
As remote workflows become the norm across creative industries, the voiceover world stands out as one of the most profoundly transformed. In this panel discussion, voiceover professionals from Spain, the UK, Germany, and France share candid insights into how the industry has evolved—especially since the pandemic pushed nearly all production into home studios.
Ranging from seasoned veterans with over 25 years of experience to newer voices who transitioned from acting, the panelists reflect on how COVID-19 accelerated the shift to remote recording. They discuss both the benefits and the pain points: greater flexibility, but also technical inconsistencies, creative isolation, and the pressure to maintain broadcast-quality setups from home.
Tools like Source-Connect emerge as essential infrastructure—enabling real-time collaboration between artists, directors, and engineers across borders. But the conversation goes beyond tech. Panelists emphasize the importance of continued training, understanding market trends, and investing in professional communities to combat the loneliness of remote work.
The group also expresses a clear need for more regional conferences and meetups to strengthen local networks and promote collaboration across European markets. Whether you’re a producer, director, or remote talent, this episode offers a practical, grounded look at what it takes to succeed in today’s voiceover ecosystem.
If you work in remote production, this conversation is full of valuable takeaways for keeping your workflows creative, connected, and competitive.
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In SESSION WITH:
Estelle Hubert
Voice Actor
Estelle is a multi-nominated and award-winning French European Voice Actress with more than 25 years in the voice over industry. She offers a wide experience combined with a solid background in marketing, thousands of professional recordings, a hint of creative madness, in a high tech recording studio.
Since 2004, she has been working in an environment that reflects both her professional standards and her creativity. It wasn’t just a corner office equipped with a microphone, but a real booth built according to the rules of the art. Estelle offers remote recording sessions from 2 studios in France fully equipped for qualitative recordings and remote-directed sessions where technology and aesthetics coexist harmoniously.
POSY BREWER
Voice Actor
BAFTA member with over 25 years of experience, Posy delivers high-quality voiceover services through state-of-the-art facilities, offering character voices and narration for global clients in gaming, animation, commercials, and corporate projects. She has collaborated with large and small brands like NEXT, Morrisons, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Disney, and Sky, producing engaging and dynamic audio content tailored to diverse audiences.
As Founder and Creative Director of The Voiceover Voices, the company combines storytelling and innovation to captivate players. Specializing in gaming and character development, the commitment to excellence extends to empowering women in media as part of the Women in Games initiative.
MAXIM RESTON
Voice Actor
Maxim is a multi-award nominated British Voice Artist, Actor and BAFTA Connect Member specialized in luxurious, articulate RP narration and dynamic character work. He offers tailored voiceover solutions for a diverse range of media, including: animation, audiobooks, commercials, corporate, documentary, e-learning, radio and video games. His distinctive voice and language skills help clients around the world create award-winning voice-acted content.
Working with him, everyone can expect broadcast quality audio from his engineer-vetted professional Source-Connect certified studio and Avid Pro Tools Certified, delivering top-quality remote audio, every time, with a pre-recording consultation and test records to ensure highest quality before even starting.
Jessica-Virginia Mouffok
Voice Actor
She is a professional native German voiceover artist with 20+ years in the business.
You can hear her voice in all kind of media, like tv commercials, corporate videos, explainers, documentaries, medical videos, online commercials, computer games, audio guides, podcasts, on-hold messages, audio books, radio commercials, dubbing, educational films, recruiting videos, and many more.
Jessica-Virginia also has a broadcast quality studio where she also directs sessions and records remotely offering professional services for voiceovers, agents and clients.
