Jennifer Aquino — Audiobook Director

Clients: Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, Brilliance Publishing, Scholastic, One Night Stand Studios.

As an Audiobook Director, Jennifer’s goal is to make the narrator feel confident, safe, and supported, to get the best performance from the narrator, and to help bring an authentic voice to the author’s story.

Jennifer loves to work with Producers/Publishers and will:

• Be responsible for script prep, pronunciation research, performance guidance, script-marking, flagging potential errors in the text, and raising any other concerns the Producer should know about.
• Send daily updates to the Producer.
• Send an end of recording summary to the Producer on the last day of recording.

Jennifer prefers to direct audiobooks under a SAG-AFTRA contract. Did you know that publishers can offer actors/narrators SAG-AFTRA contracts to direct audiobooks? If you’re a publisher looking to expand your Directing Roster, and are already working with narrators you love to work with, you can offer them a union contract to direct! Join companies such as Penguin Random House, Hachette, Brilliance, Mosaic Audio, and One Night Stand Studios in offering this contract! For more info, feel free to email jennifer@jenniferaquino.com

Jennifer also directs Actors/Narrators live on a book you’re hired to perform. Do you want to uplevel your narration? Are you narrating a certain genre for the first time? Are you an author who would like support and direction as you narrate your book? Feel free to contact Jennifer to direct you for the first hour or two of your recording.

With her goal to increase underrepresented (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disabled) directors in the audiobook industry and due to high interest, Jennifer taught an Audiobook Directing Workshop for Narrators in October 2023, and has continued to mentor these Directors. If you’re looking to expand your Directing Roster, please email jennifer@jenniferaquino.com and/or contact the following Directors: 

One Night Stand Studios