About the Author

Ashley Kennedy is a managing staff instructor at LinkedIn Learning.

In her current role, Ashley leads a talented team of staff instructors in the Creative and Business libraries. She also creates courses for the LinkedIn Learning library on the subjects of video editing, filmmaking, and various business topics. In addition to more than a decade of creating online courses for Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning, Ashley has deep experience leading face-to-face classes and large-scale trainings—as a freelance instructor, and previously at Columbia College Chicago and Avid Technology. She's also written two successful textbooks on video editing. Ashley holds a BS in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois, and an MFA in film from Boston University.