Jay Venables is a creative audio producer and writer
based in Washington, DC.
Hi, welcome!
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My name is Jay (she/her), and I am an audio producer and writer. I currently work as a Creative Audio Producer with the terrific team at Goat Rodeo in Washington, DC.
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My favorite thing I've lead produced is Spy Valley: An Engineer's Nuclear Betrayal, working alongside journalist Zachary Dorfman to tell the story of tech espionage in Silicon Valley during the Cold War. The podcast was announced a Tribeca Audio Official Selection of 2023.
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Prior to working with Goat Rodeo, I was a freelance audio producer for a variety of podcasts including the United Nations' climate action show, No Denying It, and Accenture's Built for Change. I was also a freelance copyeditor on historian and bestselling author Nicholas Reynolds' book, Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence, the definitive history of modern American intelligence.
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I came to the audio industry by way of nonfiction book publishing, having previously developed and edited book proposals as a literary assistant and foreign rights agent at Ross Yoon Agency (since acquired by WME).
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I'm grateful to have a career that allows me to create art and—if my efforts are successful—help connect people. If you're interested in becoming an audio producer but don't know where to start, feel free to sing out.
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All photography credit: Megan Nadolski, 2024
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