Hidden Gems: Meet Suzanne Wynn of Suzanne Wynn Voice Over + Moxy Audio

Today we’d like to introduce you to Suzanne Wynn.

Hi Suzanne, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I spent over 15 years in broadcast radio and by most measures, I’d made it. I was doing work I was proud of, in a market I loved but I’d reached the kind of plateau where the only next step was uprooting my life for a bigger city. That wasn’t the life I wanted.

So I started looking sideways instead of up.

I’d always been the person in the building who could write, voice, and produce a spot from scratch. I knew audio. I knew what made a commercial actually work versus what just filled time. And I kept noticing that video producers and ad agencies were handing off their audio to whoever was available, not whoever was good. There was a real gap there, and I fit it exactly.

Finally, I launched my voiceover and audio production business under the name Moxy Audio — a name that came from a moment I’ll never forget. A mentor watched me performing, live, on a stage and started to say “You’ve got balls,” then caught himself mid-sentence. What he landed on was: “You’ve got moxy.” That fumble became my brand.

Today I specialize in commercial voiceover and full-service audio production, with a particular focus on automotive radio commercials. I’ve written, voiced, and produced commercials for Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Tuscaloosa. My full-production work (writing, voicing, directing, and producing) has earned three One Voice Award nominations, a Radio Mercury Award finalist nod, and multiple Alabama Broadcasters Association awards, including Best Commercial.

I work from my home studio in Valley, Alabama, serving video producers and advertising agencies nationwide.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Smooth? Ha. No.

There are months I wonder how we’re going to make it. There are things I do without, and more things I want to do but just can’t. Yet.

Building from scratch with no roadmap is its own kind of hard. Nobody hands you a pricing sheet or tells you how to find clients who actually have budgets. You figure it out by doing it wrong first, then less wrong, then occasionally right.

My family is supportive in the way that matters most, but I can’t exactly bounce ideas off them. My dad, who’s no longer with us, was the first in his family to go to college. Before that, they were mostly all farmers. Both my folks are from the “Silent Generation” so everything I do baffles mom. And I mean that with complete love.

And just being a woman in a still male-dominated industry is just part of the landscape that presents its own unique challeneges. One time, while I was still in radio, we got a commercial from an agency of sorts that had to run for an event. It was AWFUL! So bad that I called the guy. Told him I could do it better and I completely redid the entire thing, free. He agreed mine was better but said he was contractually obligated to run the original. (I found out later it was actually him!)

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
Moxy Audio is a full-service commercial audio production company. I handle everything from writing the script to voicing it, adding music and sound effects, and mixing and mastering. And I send back a finished audio file, ready to broadcast or drop into your video timeline, so you don’t have to juggle multiple people to complete your project.

Twenty-plus years in broadcast teaches you things you can’t learn from YouTube. I know what makes audio work and what’s just wasting everyone’s time – and money! I’ll tell you when and why your script sucks and, more importantly, help you fix it. I’ll catch what a less experienced ear won’t. A client once called me a “one-woman wrecking crew.” I’ll take it.

Who else deserves credit in your story?
My husband Damon is somewhere between my knight in shining armor and my own Dark Knight. He’s completely trustworthy. I can count on him to have my back. He also knows he got one of those “strong, independent” women who doesn’t “need” him to function. I’m usually the one blowing things up while and he’s more calm and cool. It’s a good dynamic.

And my mom … man, she’s been my best friend since before “bestie” was even a word. I hit the jackpot with her.

Between the two of them, they keep the power on, the internet running, and me and three very spoiled rescue dogs fed.

And then there’s David Goldberg, who watched me perform live and accidentally named my entire brand. He started to say “You’ve got balls,” caught himself, and landed on “You’ve got moxy.” He doesn’t know it, but that fumble changed everything.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.suzannewynnvo.com/moxyaudio
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannewynnvo/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuzanneWynn_VO
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/suzanne-wynn-vo/
• Other: https://www.SuzanneWynnVO.com