About Us

First and foremost we're a service. We've hand picked our voice over artists and presenters to ensure that they're experienced, easy to work with and nice to their mums. We watch and listen carefully to every reel we get sent and before we take an artist onto our books, we meet them and get to know them, to make sure they think about the business in the same way that we do.

Secondly we're here to help. We take the problem of finding the right talent for the right project off your hands. If you've got a difficult client or an awkward brief, then save time by talking it through with us.

Finally we're a team. The agents and our artists. We invest time in our voice over and presenting talent, coaching them, sharpening their skills, adapting to the ever changing trends in the market and getting feedback from clients. We cut all our presenters' showreels in house, we produce all our own voice over demos, and, as a result, everyone knows the high standards we work to. There aren't many voice over agents who do this. After all - we have a name to live up to.

Call us and find out just how friendly and efficient we can be.

Jon Briggs – Owner and Founder

Jon set up Excellent in 1996 on a dining room table as a direct result of becoming one of the most recognised TV promo voices in the business. He's forty something and has been a professional voice artist, radio and TV presenter for almost 30 years. He established Excellent as an agency that was designed to be different from the rest and loves the fact that we live up to our name every year for both artists and clients alike.

Pete Gold – Co-Director

Pete is the co-founder of Excellent and is an accomplished musician, writing his own songs and playing guitar. As well as being an established voice over, he's also a stand up and sketch show performer with 3 Edinburgh Fringe festivals to his credit, and has the added advantage that people think he's standing up when he's still sitting down.

Marie-Claire Walton – Managing Director & Presenters Agent

Marie-Claire has a comprehensive track record in TV production, working with the likes of Prince Edward and Richard Hammond and producing documentaries for Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. After over a decade of programme making, she realised that her true passion was for casting the talent and joined Excellent where she continues to nurture relationships with talent, agents, producers, directors, writers, commissioning editors and channel controllers on a daily basis.

Nia Childs – Voice Over Agent

Nia came to Excellent after working mainly in film and events. After gaining experience in working with incredible talent in the film industry, she realised that she wanted to continue working with incredible talent, and joined the Excellent family. She is passionate about film and there is nothing she doesn't know about British Cinema. She's also brilliant at getting people to pay on time!

Anna Jameson – Voice Over Agent

Anna came to Excellent with extensive experience in Event Management; in particular, awards ceremonies. She realised her true passion for the broadcasting media sector and casting the talent within it and continues to grow and develop relationships. A Lancashire lass who is a secret thespian, a not-so-secret shopaholic and a self-confessed brew-a-holic.