#interpride

COMPANY HISTORY

InterPride was founded in Swynlake, England at first as a modest real estate company, repurposing Lyons Real Estate which owned several properties in the Magic-Friendly town of Swynlake. While it retained these assets, the company turned its focus on community outreach, assisting in refurbishing Swynlake’s Town Hall and preservation of several of the town’s significant historical landmarks. 

Within several years, the CEO and founder, Geoffery Lyons, had expanded practices to London with the intention of helping to preserve historical magic landmarks. He also wanted to establish affordable housing for Magicks. Working with legislators in London, InterPride purchased several apartment buildings and created anti-discrimination policies. These apartment complexes are still in use.

Within 20 years, InterPride had expanded their locations to include: Rome, Paris, St. Petersburg, New York City, Los Angeles. In 2000, when Geoffery Lyons unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack, his eldest son, Mufasa, took over the business and further expanded it to offices in Nairobi, Cape Town, Mexico City, Karachi, and Toyko. By this time, in 2010, InterPride was a multi-million dollar international corporation.

Tragically, in 2013 Mufasa was killed in a car accident, orchestrated by his younger brother, Taka Lyons. For several years, Taka Lyons capitalized on the tragedy, taking up position as CEO and using the company to front for an illegal organization. In the summer of 2017, this deceit was exposed and Taka was disenfranchised and sent to prison. 

Simba Lyons, Mufasa’s only child, stepped up as CEO and opened another office in Rio de Janeiro, before working to convert InterPride into a nonprofit organization. Although he was only CEO for a year, Simba successfully steered InterPride through this difficult time. 

The organization now assists and collaborates with Magicks and magical communities on every populated continent. 

COMPANY MISSION

To provide support to magical communities in the form of infrastructure, education opportunities, legislation, and historical preservation. To center the voices of Magicks in their fight for equality.

WHAT WE DO

InterPride Incorporated works with magical communities across the globe in the fight for equal rights. By providing grants to financially support magical organizations, InterPride lifts up the voices of Magicks in threatened communities. They assist in preserving important historical and cultural locations and objects, assist in community reparations, and fund legal research and campaigns to pass pro-Magick legislation. 

InterPride past projects: funding several magic-focused museums, opening schools, funding scholarship programs for Magicks, managing pro-magic real estate development in underfunded communities, protecting magic lands, attending conventions to give speeches on magic-friendly work spaces, and funding campaigns to pass pro-magic legislation.

InterPride also owns all the commercial buildings on Main Street and is the landlord for all of them. 

CAREERS

Financial Department: become a financial analyst and work closely with our grants department to budget for grants, or work with donors.

Grant Department: approve grant applications and create new grants with allotted funds.

Preservation Department: liaison with communities in analyzing historical locations/objects for conservation and travel to communities to advise on conservation practices.

Legal Department: research pro-magic and anti-magic legislation on the local and federal levels to assist in campaigns to pass/block legislation. 

Real Estate Department: manage InterPride’s various housing developments.

Magick Sensitivity Policy Coordinators: Magicks who work to keep InterPride’s policies up to date on all sensitivity issues. They will review important emails for you, go over all company policies/grants/legislation to make sure that they are complying with proper magic terminology/aren’t being assholes on accident basically. They work especially close with the grant department, the preservation department, and HR to confirm claims (like if someone says they’re being discriminated against as a fairy for x/y reason the Magick sensitivity coordinator can be like “yeah, that’s a thing, let me explain.”) 

Human Resources and Information Technology Departments: self explanatory.

DESCRIPTION OF SWYNLAKE OFFICES

InterPride International is one of the biggest buildings in Swynlake. At seven stories, it rises above all the other buildings on Main Street. More modern in design, the building was constructed in the 1920s when it was originally Lyons Real Estate. The first floor is a spacious lounge with a front desk at the front, but also contains the employee cafeteria and conference rooms for onboarding or meetings with people outside Swynlake. It also has an onsite daycare for young children on the first floor!

Each floor contains a break room, all gender restrooms (all restrooms equipped with comfortable, private spaces for pumping milk/breastfeeding for nursing mothers :) ), an open floor plan with cubicles, a few offices for managers around the outsides of the floor (with doors opening onto the cubicle area), and conference rooms for team meetings. Managers and employees are allowed to decorate their offices/cubicles to their heart's content.

First floor: Reception, Cafeteria, Conference Rooms, Daycare Center Second floor: IT, Magick Sensitivity Coordinator, and Human Resources Departments Third floor: Financial and Grant Departments Fourth floor: Preservation Department Fifth floor: Real Estate Department Sixth floor: Legal Department Seventh floor: Board Member Offices

COMPANY EMPLOYEE POLICIES

InterPride is HUGE on its anti-discrimination policy. All employees undergo a uniform, rigorous sensitivity training, including watching videos about different religions, cultures, and magic societies/species. If anyone is found to be using social media to say stupid shit or is found harassing or commenting on any of their coworkers for any reason, they will be fired. (In some instances, they are allowed to participate in sensitivity training refresher courses, depending on the severity of the offense.) 

InterPride applications ask for pronouns and differentiates name from legal name. If you write down a name that is not your “legal” name, it will not appear on any company paperwork besides your original application that is filed with HR. 

Dress code in the office is business casual. Any religious or business-casual cultural-equivalent clothing (headcoverings, sorcerers in fancy capes, etc.) are to be respected. All hairstyles/colors are allowed. Tattoos are allowed. Piercings are allowed. Obviously offensive imagery or clothing/tattoos/etc are not allowed. There IS casual Fridays, and they are extremely encouraged. 

All religious and culturally significant days are automatically noted when you sign on and you get them off, PAID. No questions asked. Maternity/Paternity leave is granted for up to six months paid, no matter where your offices is. (YES, even in America because this is a fantasy world and I do what I want.) Paid vacation amounts vary from office to office, but there is definitely an expectation that you WILL be taking all your paid vacation time.