Jae-in Hwan (he/they) is a queer & neurodivergent Korean-Japanese multi-disciplinarian based in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand). His work is politically driven with heavy emphasis on intersectional identities, and his goal is to subvert and transform dominant narratives in Western story-telling.Jae is the Creative Director of the not-for-profit collective, Strangekind Studio. Their sound design, writing, and directing credits include the award-winning audio drama, KIND (Best Fiction Podcast, Sydney Webfest 2025), the current production of MERCY, and guest editing for PROJECT GNOSIS by MQ Media.Jae's writing has appeared in publications such as Needle in Hay, Literati, Girls Will Be Girls, Voiceworks, and the NoSleep Podcast. Their plays have been performed at La Mama Theatre, Beta Fest, Mudfest, Melbourne Fringe Festival, and the Lyric Hammersmith.

Jae can help you with:

• VOICE DEMOS
• CUSTOM DEMO SCRIPTS
• SHOWCASE REELS
• AUDIO DRAMAS
• WRITING CONSULTATIONS

Check out Jae's work:

• TESTIMONIALS & SOUND DESIGN SAMPLES
• JAE'S CREDITS

Contact Jae via the form below
or at [email protected]

A professional voice demo fully mixed and mastered in just one week.

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A professional voice demo including a custom demo script with characters & scenes to your design.

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A polished and cohesive reel to showcase your previous work. Acts as an audio CV perfect for your website.

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High quality and dynamic sound design for audio dramas. Jae's editing style is deeply immersive and emotive, and heavily inspired by cinematic storytelling.Jae primarily uses Reaper as his DAW, and has access to tools like Soothe 2, Walker 2, Xtreme FX 2, and an extensive SFX library. He also has a pro license for Epidemic Sound for sourcing music and extra SFX.He offers general mixing & mastering, clean-up & repairs, dialogue editing, immersive soundscaping and design, music mixing and remixing, dynamic and immersive action sequences, and adaptable editing style from realism to the surreal.

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Jae is an experienced writer well versed in short & long fiction, playwriting, television & film scripts, and audio drama scripts.He obtained a BA with Distinction (Creative Writing specialty), from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.Jae's writing has also been published in literature journals, zines, and anthologies, and his plays have been performed at locations like Melbourne Fringe Festival, La Mama Theatre, and Lyric Hammersmith in London.They can help with:

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Please note many of Jae's credits appear under his legal name.

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Matt Doherty Voice Demo

MATTHEW CURRAN (MQ MEDIA) TESTIMONIAL

"Jae-In Hwan of Strangekind Studio is a treasure to work with. When I first listened to KIND, I was hooked with how everything comes together for his project from his soundscapes to how he lines up his dialogue. It’s full with detail down to the subtleties that you would be hard-pressed to find anywhere else in the audio drama realm.When we talked about collaboration, he was very enthusiastic to work on an episode of my series and was very communicative about ideas that could be implemented during post-production, which was even better than what I would come up with in the soundscape.The episodes he did for Project Gnosis, Seven and Nine, were among the best we ever had with both quantity and quality of sound design.I can not recommend Jae enough. His services are beyond worth it and I can’t imagine anyone more awesome to work with in post-production. He is also a skilled writer and showrunner for Mercy and KIND. I recommend listening to those to see examples about his approach to sound editing."Matthew Curran
Founder of MQ Media
Showrunner and Writer of Project Gnosis

WINNER OF THE BEST FICTION PODCAST AWARD FOR SYDNEY WEBFEST 2025

OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR NEW JERSEY WEBFEST 2025 & NEW ZEALAND WEBFEST 2025

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