[1] Jenkins found employment as a color printer and as a news cameraman for WXOW TV-19 in La Crosse, along with responsibilities in photography, film production, and commercial making.
He moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and worked as a color printer for a photo lab while he wrote articles freelancing for regional business magazines and newspapers.
[1] Robin Jenkins had been a gamer since 1976, and when he noticed an ad in a local paper for an assistant editorship at Dragon he applied at TSR, Inc., in May 1986 and was hired soon thereafter.
[1] Avalon Hill later hired Jenkins as a managing editor of roleplaying designs, where he supervised Tales from the Floating Vagabond and RuneQuest.
[2]: 254 His Dungeons & Dragons work includes Twilight Calling (1986), Five Coins for a Kingdom (1987), The Book of Lairs II (1987), and Country Sites (1995).