The creator and writer of Your Industry Insider, Jenny Yerrick Martin is a veteran entertainment professional with many years of experience as a hiring executive.

She has worked freelance, temp, and permanent jobs in the film, television, and music branches of the entertainment industry, including a few years spent working on set both on location and in Los Angeles. She has amassed a large circle of contacts in all areas of the industry (more every day) who have become the sources for much of the information presented here. This site is a compilation of all of their collective wisdom, the true been-there-done-that story of making it in the biz.

Jenny is passionate about helping ambitious high school and college-aged students break into the biz. She also enjoys working with ”grown ups” looking to make giant career shifts and discover thier callings at last.

Jenny is originally from the Washington, D.C. area. She is a proud graduate of the Boston University College of Communications and spent a very brief but enjoyable time in Minneapolis post-college before relocating to Los Angeles. 

When she is not busy with her professional pursuits, Jenny enjoys spending time with her husband, Brian, being bossed around by their pre-school-aged son, Benjamin.

You can visit her LinkedIn profile (and feel free to “link in” with her) here.