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Cara Jones
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EXPERIENCE |
GPS CAR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (International, Denso Inc.) 1999 - present English voice for the car navigation systems and voice recognition systems in the Jaguar, models of the Mercedes Benz, Lincoln, Ford, Cadillac, Land Rover, and more... TV SHOW: DBL's " EXCEPTIONAL HOMES AND ESTATES" (Los Angeles, CA) 2003 Voice-overs
for 30 minute weekly program J-WAVE 81.3 FM (Tokyo,
Japan) 1991-1999 Co-hosted "Midnight Faces" with BARRY WHITE (M-F 12am) Hosted and programmed the weekly "Essential Love Collection" (Sun 8:30pm) Hosted the nightly "Tokio Cold Cuts", with a listenership of over 2 million (M-F 8pm) (FULL RADIO RESUME BELOW) TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS (Gardena, CA) 2000 - present Various
spots including television commercials for Hustler Casino; BBQs Galore;
Gardena Chamber of Commerce; Planet Fitness; and more... SONY PLAYSTATION 1996-1999 Character voices: Einhander - the voice of "Mission Control" Tekken 3 - "Michelle Chang" Arc The Lad II - "Shante's singing voice" SEGA 1995-2001 Character voices: Shenmue - "Hisaka", "Mayumi" Fighting Vipers - "Jane" WINTER OLYMPICS
(International Olympic Committee) 1998 Announcer
of the winners of all outdoor events at the nightly awards ceremonies of the
Winter Olympics at Nagano, broadcast live around the world OTHER COMMERCIALS AND INDUSTRIALS (US, Japan, Germany) 1991-2003 Agnes B., Shick, Toyota, Phillip Morris, JAL (Japan Air Lines), Harry Winston, Volvo, Canon, Deutsche Telecom, Sony, Xerox, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Ansett Australia Airlines, Kirin Beer, Toshiba EMI, Edwin Jeans ... DOCUMENTARIES AND NARRATIONS 1991-2000 Coca Cola, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Land Rover, Komatsu,
Shiseido, Suntory, NHK, Panasonic, Nagano Olympics, Paralympics, ANA Airlines
In-flight announcements, Korean Embassy of Japan |
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RADIO |
J-WAVE (Tokyo, Japan)
1991-1999 Co-hosted "Optune Midnight Faces" with BARRY WHITE (M-F 12am) Hosted and programmed the weekly "Essential Love Collection" (Sun 8:30pm, 1993-1999) Hosted the nightly "Tokio Cold Cuts", with a listenership of over 2 million (M-F 8pm, 1991-1993) Hosted "Behind the Hits" segment on the "Boomtown" show - Japanese (F 9:30am, 1998-1999) BAY FM (Chiba, Japan)
1993-1996 Hosted "Sunrise Cruise" - English (M-F 5-6am) Hosted "Sawaki No Borders" - Japanese (F 7:30-8:30pm) Co-hosted "Prime Groove" - Japanese and English (Live Sat 10pm-12am) FM YOKOHAMA (Yokohama, Japan) 1993 Hosted "PM Drive" - English and Japanese (Live M-F 4-7pm) ZIP FM (Nagoya, Japan) 1993-1994 Hosted "Sweet Soul Time" - English (Sun 12-12:45am) CBC RADIO (Nagoya, Japan) 1992-1993 Co-hosted "Aqua Jam" - Japanese, English, Spanish, and occasional French (Live Sun 1-2pm) KTYO Radio Sky-1 (Satellite, Japan) 1992-1993 Hosted "The Cara Jones Show" - English (Sat, Sun 6-8am) WHRB 95.3FM (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 1988-1990 Hosted "Folkways" (F 12-2pm) Ran
the Folk Department 1989-1990 Hosted and produced WHRB's "Live Folk Orgy" 1989 and 1990 (outdoor festival featured Livingston Taylor, Chris Smither, David Massengill, Johnny Cunningham, Cormac McCarthy...) INTERVIEWS include: Shaggy, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Harry Connick Jr., The Manhattan Transfer, Charlie Watts, Incognito, David Sanborn, Karla Bonoff, Jellyfish, Suzanne Vega, Tony Toni Toné, Richard Thompson and more |
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EDUCATION |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Cambridge, MA) B.A.
- East Asian Languages and Civilizations (magna cum laude) M.A.
- Regional Studies: East Asia
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SPECIAL SKILLS |
Fluent
in Japanese and conversational in Spanish; studied French, Hebrew, Greek, and
Indonesian Extensive
computer skills, including HTML and web design, graphic design, and Pro Tools
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DEMO REEL |
stream demo reel CD available upon request:
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