Ashley Jenkins

Ashley Jenkins
Jenkins at PAX Prime 2014
Born (1982-05-03) May 3, 1982
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
Residence Austin, Texas
Occupation Host
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s) Burnie Burns (engaged 2016-present)
Website roosterteeth.com/ashley

Ashley Jenkins (born May 3, 1982) is an American on-camera host. She is a founding member of Ubisoft's all-female professional gaming group, the Frag Dolls.[1][2] She founded Rooster Teeth's news division, The Know.[3][4] She was a contestant on the 28th season of The Amazing Race.[5] Outside of the gaming industry, she voices Coco Adel in RWBY.

Career

Ashley Jenkins began her career in 2004, writing for an MMORPG called Shadowbane.[1] A developer on the game suggested she apply for a position with the Frag Dolls, an all-female, professional gaming team their publisher, Ubisoft, was starting.

She represented the Frag Dolls at many events including Women in Games International and CES.[6][7] As a professional gamer, Jenkins competed in and promoted games for Ubisoft such as Rainbow Six Vegas, Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike and Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, in addition to public speaking and representing the team’s point of view on women and video games.[8][9] In 2007 she appeared on the front cover of PC Accelerator magazine.[10]

In 2008, she was hired as Community Manager for XBOX, running social media and Xbox LIVE interface for Australia and New Zealand.[11]

In 2012, she was hired by IGN as Head of Community and Social Media in San Francisco.[12]

On March 17, 2014 she founded Rooster Teeth's news division, The Know, hosting alongside Meg Turney.[13] In its first two months, the channel amassed over 280,000 subscribers and 9 million video views on YouTube.[3]

In November 2015 it was announced that Jenkins, alongside her boyfriend Burnie Burns, would be competing in the 28th season of The Amazing Race.[14] They finished in 4th place.[15]

In September 2017, alongside Burns, she co-hosted the inaugural Purpose Awards, an expansion from the Streamy Awards.[16]

Personal life

Ashley Jenkins grew up in Ogden, Utah. At 8-years-old, Jenkins was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[17] but has since stated that it was not for her and she is not practicing. She does not consider herself to be a member.

Ashley Jenkins started playing video games when she was seven and received a Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Mario Bros. for Christmas.[1] She considered herself a tomboy.[18]

Jenkins also goes by her gamertag, Jinx.[19] Her favourite game is Psychonauts.[18]

Jenkins became engaged to Rooster Teeth founder Burnie Burns in May 2016.[20][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Campbell, Gerard. "Girls play games, too, explains pro gamer 'Jinx'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Wright, Steve. "Ubisoft's Frag Dolls go AFK after nearly 11 years". Stevivor. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Jarvey, Natalie. "YouTube Personality Meg Turney Joins Rooster Teeth News Channel The Know (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Jenkins, Ashley. "Welcome To The Know". The Know. YouTube. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Wigler, Josh. "Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns And Ashley Jenkins Reflect on The Amazing Race". Parade. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Women in Games International Includes Ubisoft's Frag Dolls in San Francisco". GamesIndustry International. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Welkner, Robert. "Frag Dolls interview Jinx & Calyber". COIN-OP TV. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Magazine, Meld. "From handbags to hand grenades: The story of gamer girl Ashley Jenkins". Meld Magazine.
  9. ↑ Lake, Chloe. "Interview with pro girl gamer Ashley Jenkins". News Corp Australia Network. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  10. ↑ Gifford, Kevin. "COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Mag Roundup 9/8/07". Game Set Watch. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Nash, Belinda. "I Get Paid to: Play Xbox all day!". nzgirl. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Harris, Leigh. "Ashley Jenkins joins IGN". MCV Pacific. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2016. After only a brief stint at Meteor Entertainment as PR and Marketing Manager, Ashley Jenkins has moved to IGN and taken on a new role. Jenkins will be leaving Australia behind and moving to San Francisco to take on the responsibility of Head of Community and Social Media for IGN.
  13. ↑ Lewis, Maria. "'There's still a lot of work to do': Three OG women of the internet and gaming industries dish the dirt". SBS. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  14. ↑ Kickham, Dylan. "The Amazing Race casts Tyler Oakley and more social media stars for next season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  15. 1 2 Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth. "Exclusive: 'The Amazing Race' eliminees Burnie Burns and Ashley Jenkins talk (Part 1)". Reality TV World.
  16. ↑ Weiss, Geoff. "Inaugural Purpose Awards Recognize Lizzie Velasquez, Ford, Meals On Wheels, More". TubeFilter. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Do We Believe in Aliens? - Always Open #25" on YouTube
  18. 1 2 Hunter, Brooke. "Girl Gamers". Girl.com.au. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  19. ↑ Karena, Cynthia. "Game maker marks silicon sisterhood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  20. ↑ Rody-Mantha, Bree. "Burnie Burns on gaming, geeking out and growing up". streamdaily.tv. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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