About how long until you find out if you are selected for a voiceover job?

Question

What is the actual process?  Is it Open, Closed, Finalizing, Working, and Complete?  Just curious as no answer spells it out.  Thanks in advance to the person who answers this!

Answer 1

Hi Bob -

First of all, the time for a client to choose a talent varies WIDELY!  Sometimes, they need to fill a job, like, yesterday.  So the second they hear a voice that even comes close, they offer the job and it's over.  Then there are those jobs you may have written off from January, but NO, they just hadn't gotten around to the project for some reason.  Generally though, I find that most jobs turn around in a week or two (given weekends and all).  So, in your "answered" folder, you'll see the "job status" tab.  I usually click this twice.  The second click will bring all of the jobs that are complete or nearly so to the top.  "Finalizing" means that the client is offering money and the talent hasn't "accepted yet."  If it's in your "answered" folder, the talent wasn't you.  "Working" means that the talent accepted the money and is recording or has recorded the project, and the files have not yet been "accepted."  Once the files are "accepted" by the client, they usually then release the funds and the jobs shows as "completed."  Also, for you, the talent, once the job is "completed," your name appears in the top 100 recently hired on the front page.  Neat, huh?  As a talent, you will know that you are hired when you receive a happy e-mail that says, "You have received a deposit."  Go to your "awarded" tab, click on the job and "accept" the money to begin work.  The money is actually in escrow unitl the job is complete.  Sometimes a client has a question before hiring, in that case, you'll get an e-mail saying, "you have a new message."  You often also get an e-mail saying, "instructions for job #."  Every once in a while, a client will choose not to use the escrow service and want to pay you directly in some other way.  This is OK, but with new clients, it's a good idea to get something up front.  Remember that when you bill through Paypal directly, Paypal takes a wee chunk as a transaction fee. Some corporations don't use paypal and will pay net 30 via check.  If it is a well-known company, I usually allow this, since they will often send you a contract to sign (binding both ways).    That was probably waay more information than you'd hoped for, but I hope it actually answered your questions.

Comments

No, that was exactly what I was looking for! I just found that I was trying to get audition requests out, and some are going right away. Others move at a much slower pace. Well, thank you for your info! I know who to go to!  Thanks!