Mina Grace

Background

About Mina Grace

For publishing departments, I establish operations, author SOP guides, and train editorial and graphics team members in best practices. By instituting aggressive reprint and sales programs, I increased book revenue 42% in two years and decreased stagnant inventory 30% at ACA. By streamlining processes, negotiating with vendors, and initiating software changes, I also cut production costs 35% and saved 10% of my department's budget. I constantly identify more efficient, effective ways to get the job done: • I designed an Excel file that automatically calculates incremental deadlines and imports dates to Outlook for team sharing. • I transitioned a print-only publishing house to digital. • I boosted conference value with a design overhaul of collateral, making it reader friendly and garnering high praise from members and executives. As an editor, I scour words to be coherent, concise, and correct. I also train team members to excel in substantive editing, copy editing, and proofreading to improve reader experience and win awards. As a manager, I foster a collaborative, supportive work environment by bringing the team together for training and relationship building, and working with them separately to improve their work and achieve their career goals. With bylines also as Mary Newman and Mary Lombard (ask me about my own personal reboot!). StrengthsFinder: Consistency: Treating everyone the same. Restorative: Fixing problems. Empathy: Realizing others' situations. Context: Understanding the past to improve the present and future. Strategic: Discerning patterns and issues to create another way forward.