Rian Ervin Email & Phone Number

St Helena, California, United States

St. Helena, California

St. Helena, CA

Napa, California, United States

Wrightwood Wine is a personal winemaking project. My small production label currently showcases a rare varietal with a unique place in California history: Alicante Bouschet. My goal is to create enjoyable, complex wines with minimal intervention. The current vineyard I farm is home to incredibly well-preserved vines planted in 1910 at the base of Sonoma.

• Write bi-weekly online articles for a variety of B2B media companies on topics including technology, HR and talent management, field service, and personal finance
• Lead in-depth interviews with subject matter experts, conduct extensive primary and secondary research, and consolidate findings for target audience

Roseland, VA

• Assisted with winemaking duties including equipment and tank sanitation, wine monitoring and additions, pulling samples, racking, basic analysis, tasting, and blending.
• Assisted with vineyard duties including pruning, canopy management, mowing, and weed and pest management.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote and published daily blog posts and maintained MBO branding and presence on social media sites including: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter
• Authored enterprise-focused white papers for B2B sales teams and op-eds for major business news outlets
• Leveraged Google analytics to audit content and identify subject matter that resonated with target audiences; implemented SEO methodologies resulting in an increase in organic traffic by 700+ percent
• Optimized content to win Google snippets and improve overall Google presence; snippet ownership grew from 2 to 20 search terms, and grew page-one presence by 100+ terms

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Evanston, IL

• Managed projects for domestic and international clients with contracts valued at $4.5M+; clients included a multinational banking and financial services corporation, one of the world's largest public electric utility.
• Led daily client-facing and internal meetings, coordinated project scheduling, and ensured product quality, budget adherence, and timely delivery
• Oversaw internal project teams of 10-15 content developers in Evanston, IL, and animation, media, and tech teams of 20-25 members in New Delhi, India
• Interviewed, hired, and on-boarded talent for NIIT’s new office in Dublin, Ireland

Evanston, IL

• Traveled internationally and domestically to interface with clients to secure new business, diagnose learning needs, and write proposals for custom learning solutions
• Managed a project team of 14 developers to create learning solutions for a top 10 U.S. insurance company; project included 50 hours of web-based training, and 100 hours of instructor-led training
• Coached team members through each stage of the project lifecycle including interviews, storyboarding, course development, quality assurance testing, and delivery

Evanston, IL

• Developed custom web-based and instructor-led training courses including job aids, assessments, and facilitator guides
• Conducted interviews with client subject matter experts, wrote course scripts, and performed quality assurance checks

Chicago, IL

• Hired, trained and managed content team for daily deal site with over 44,000 unique monthly visitors
• Collaborated with social media team to optimize publishing schedule with social media advertising

Certificate, Viticulture And Enology

Msj, Ms Journalism, Interactive Media

Activities and Societies: Interactive Media concentration; digital publishing, content management, and website design experience, 2011.

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Spanish

Activities and Societies: Women’s Varsity Swim Team, Colby Cares About Kids 4-year Volunteer Mentor• Women’s Varsity Swim Team: 2007-2010.

Diploma With Honors

Activities and Societies: Community Service Leadership Team, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Swimming