With his warm, sensitive, friendly baritone voice and North American English native accent, Joe "Zunardo" Jankowski opened JoeKat Voice-over LLC for business in June 2016, quickly establishing a reputation as a reliable voice actor who delivers professional results in a timely manner. Based in the Columbus/central Ohio area, Joe "Zunardo" works in his business studio using high-end equipment and acoustic room treatment for maximum audio quality
Joe developed his natural vocal skills over 25 years as a public speaker, special-events emcee, and classroom facilitator for the U.S. Postal Service. In 2016 he completed a rigorous training program with legendary coach Ron Allan at his Big Voice Productions studio in Gahanna OH.. Since then Joe has voiced over 100 commercials for TV, radio, and Internet broadcast. He's very effective at political and public service spots He's also been heard on eLearning courses and on-hold phone messaging for several companies.
Joe takes direction well, providing reads with the following feels: professional, middle-aged, mature, senior, friendly, exciting, normal, corporate, conversational, intelligent, powerful, neutral, charismatic, heartfelt, dominant, uplifting, informative and informational, approachable, inspiring, business man, light-hearted, gritty, warm, authoritative, natural, articulate, authentic, clear, narrator, blue collar trucker, confident, and everyman. He can also provide a voice in the style of certain iconic characters for animation or for holiday or seasonal spots, and provides an
Joe spent 5 months as a weathercaster on RadioForecastNetwork, doing daily forecasts for over 20 radio stations in the U.S, and still fills in when needed. He's currently a volunteer reader with the VoiceCorps reading service for the blind in Columbus OH, recording a weekly one-hour program for over four years.
in addition, Joe is a well-known public-address announcer in the central Ohio area for college and high school sports, with over 24 years experience. He has worked the microphone for several NJCAA college tournaments events in men's and women's basketball and women's softball, the Columbus OH City league high school men's basketball championship, and a plethora of OHSAA tournament football contests.
For more information, check out Joe "Zunardo" Jankowski's website.
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