Ashley Jenkins

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Ashley Burns
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Burns at PAX Prime 2014
Born
Ashley Jenkins
OccupationHost
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2019)​
Children1

Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) 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]

Jenkins announced on her Twitter on August 30, 2019 that it was her last day at Rooster Teeth.[17]

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,[18] 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.[19]

Jenkins also goes by her gamertag, Jinx.[20] Her favorite game is Psychonauts.[19]

Jenkins became engaged to Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns in May 2016;[21][15] they married in June 2019.[22] The couple announced her pregnancy in March 2019;[23] Jenkins gave birth to a boy on August 25, 2019.[24]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Campbell, Gerard. "Girls play games, too, explains pro gamer 'Jinx'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Wright, Steve. "Ubisoft's Frag Dolls go AFK after nearly 11 years". Stevivor. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Jarvey, Natalie. "YouTube Personality Meg Turney Joins Rooster Teeth News Channel The Know (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Ashley. "Welcome To The Know". The Know. YouTube. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  5. ^ Wigler, Josh. "Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns And Ashley Jenkins Reflect on The Amazing Race". Parade. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  6. ^ "Women in Games International Includes Ubisoft's Frag Dolls in San Francisco". GamesIndustry International. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  7. ^ Welkner, Robert. "Frag Dolls interview Jinx & Calyber". COIN-OP TV. Retrieved December 6, 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 December 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Gifford, Kevin. "COLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Mag Roundup 9/8/07". Game Set Watch. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  11. ^ Nash, Belinda. "I Get Paid to: Play Xbox all day!". nzgirl. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  12. ^ Harris, Leigh. "Ashley Jenkins joins IGN". MCV Pacific. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 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 December 6, 2016.
  14. ^ Kickham, Dylan. "The Amazing Race casts Tyler Oakley and more social media stars for next season". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b 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 September 29, 2017.
  17. ^ Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (August 30, 2019). "It's already been a big week for me, but I have one last bit of news to share. Today is my last day with Rooster Teeth" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Do We Believe in Aliens? - Always Open #25" on YouTube
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b Hunter, Brooke. "Girl Gamers". Girl.com.au. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  20. ^ Karena, Cynthia. "Game maker marks silicon sisterhood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  21. ^ Rody-Mantha, Bree. "Burnie Burns on gaming, geeking out and growing up". streamdaily.tv. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
  22. ^ Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (June 11, 2019). "We did a forever thing. t.co/clQw8ygbmW" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2020 – via Twitter.
  23. ^ Ashley Burns (née Jenkins) [@ashleyburns] (March 11, 2019). "