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Mic’d Up For The Planet: Voiceover Insights with Marco Rigazio

Introduction

What genres of voiceover (VO) do you work in?

Jack of all trades – commercial, corporate, narration, animation

Briefly, why do you love being part of VO4TP? What motivated you to join VO4TP?

I can fill an inner desire of being part of something that benefits the world by doing something I love.

What are 3 words your best friend would use to describe you?

Caring, reliable, driven

Additional Work Insights 

What aspects of your job bring you the most joy?

I tap into my inner child and feel like I’m playing when performing different scripts.

How did you get started as a voice actor? 

I finally gave in to the creative side of myself and jumped in with both feet and haven’t regretted it for a second. 

If you hadn’t pursued voice acting, what career path might you have explored instead?

Probably stayed in the health field. Teaching, coaching etc.

Voiceover actor in black polo shirtThe Business Side

How do you manage your schedule and prioritize projects?

I schedule my days with tasks broken down into manageable chunks

In what ways has being a part of VO4TP challenged or changed your day-to-day business?

I’ve been challenged to view what I do through a different lens.

What is it like working in a collaborative group like VO4TP?

This amazing group of kind and empathic people offer me an avenue to relate to myself and others in a deeper more meaningful way. 

Environmentalism

Which organizations are you most passionate about giving to with your time and money? 

Right now, I focus on local hands-on organizations

Any great tips on being sustainable in your work and/or life?

Consume less overall. I’ve found that when I look at my life, I can see where I’m consuming things when I do ‘need’ to. I don’t cut out all extra stuff, but to be sure, we tend to over consume and that leads to waste that affects so much down the line. 

For Fun

If you could have any animal as a pet (real or mythical), what would it be and why?

Elephants! I love elephants!

What is the most adventurous activity you have ever done, and how did it change your perspective?

I’ve been skydiving and climbed Kilimanjaro. Both experiences showed me how small I am in comparison to the world. At the same time, I felt a great sense of continuity with everything.


Imagine you’re creating a playlist for a road trip through the world’s most beautiful landscape. First, where would you be, and second, what would be the first song on your playlist?

Out of the city for sure, in natural surroundings of some kind. Mountains, lakes, forests, African plains etc. I re-charge in nature. The music would be mostly instrumental; I love the cello and classical music. I would also have some opera in there as well. 

Learn more about Marco Rigazio.

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Voice Over for the Planet has signed the Clean Creatives Pledge!

Voice Over for the Planet signed the Clean Creatives pledge as part of our commitment to do good on this planet we call home! As the Clean Creatives slogan says, ” The future of creativity is clean,” and we’re 100% on board.

Who and what are Clean Creatives?

If you don’t know already, Clean Creatives is a movement of advertisers, PR professionals, their clients, and creatives like ourselves who have pledged to cut ties with fossil fuels. What does that mean exactly?

Glad you asked! Well, remember when cigarette makers deliberately misled the public about the dangers of smoking? It’s like that but for fossil fuels. Many ad and PR agencies work with fossil fuel companies to greenwash their message.  

Earlier this year, UN General Secretary António Guterres spoke about this in his World Environment Day address, saying, “I call on these companies to stop acting as enablers to planetary destruction. Fossil fuels are not only poisoning our planet, they’re toxic for your brand.”

Why was signing the Clean Creatives pledge important to us?

Well, we value the power of community and try to surround ourselves with people and organizations taking meaningful action to help change the tides of the climate crisis. So, signing this pledge was easy. We are now in great company with the 1250 agencies and 2300 creatives who have also signed the pledge!

A few of our VO4TP members had signed the pledge individually. We felt it was important to align ourselves with this movement as a collective as well.

We, as voice actors, could be sought out to provide the voice over for one of these greenwashing campaigns but we’re not interested. Not in being enablers or even in enabling the enablers. We’ve taken this pledge not only to say no to working with fossil fuel clients, but to say ‘YES’ to working with likeminded and concerned creatives on clean projects. Projects that will not mislead the public on this or any other climate related matter.

The whole reason for Voice Over for the Planet’s existence is to use our voices for good. We do this through our buy one give one model. We also love connecting and collaborating with amazing clients who want a cleaner and more sustainable world too. Helping fossil fuel companies continue to spread disinformation and greenwash their messages is not where it’s at. 

Join the Clean Creatives movement too!

If you are an ad agency or a creative with a passion for protecting the planet, you should come join the movement with us. Finding strength in community and working in alignment with your values goes a long way in confronting the realities of climate change. We are stronger together and we look forward to pledging and working with you!

You can sign the pledge here!