James Ward
Chief Creative Officer
James leads a team of internationally recognized creatives. He’s helped develop voices and brands for companies like Nestle, GlaxoSmith Kline, BMW, American Iron Horse and Garden Ridge while at Publicis, Dallas; the YMCA, ServiceMaster Clean and Valent USA at archer>malmo, Memphis; and worked on a wide variety of businesses from Continental Tires to Ortega. He swam the relay legs for the winning Memphis in May Triathlon team twice, in 2009 and 2007. He was then forced into early retirement after suffering fatherhood.
Theckla Pope
President, Head of Accounts
Theckla is a talented strategist and integrator of advertising campaigns. Setting
the appropriate stage for brands and closing the loop on making sales, she helps
keep teams on-strategy and working the hardest for brand and client, often with
award-winning results. She formerly worked at Laird + Partners, New York
developing campaigns for Gap. Prior to that Theckla worked on the DHL account
at Ogilvy & Mather. She is a past president of the Charlotte AAF and once hit a
volleyball so hard it exploded into dust.
Nick Fry
Head of Digital
Nick is a creative strategist, designer and storyteller with over a decade of experience in the digital landscape, bringing a proven knowledge of creative thinking, vision, communication and design with an emphasis on brand strategy and user experience to every project he works on. Altogether, the result is that Nick creates meaningful work which empowers great brands to tell better stories. He also performs in the Cornelius area in a duet with his wife Daniella, and allegedly once sang (and held) an E# note for three solid minutes. Allegedly.
Tracy Fitzgerald
Director of Project Management
Tracy was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Indiana, and graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. in Journalism (Advertising Sequence). Prior to joining the Saturday team, Tracy was traffic/project manager for the launch of the North Carolina Education Lottery and the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets). In her spare time, you can find her closely following college football (go Gamecocks!—her words, not ours) or catching professional games at as many NFL stadiums as possible. She is lovingly referred to as a Milestone-Keeping Warlock.
Esmè Market
Director of Finance
Esmé Market was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and lived there until she turned six, when her family moved to New Hampshire. There she worked at her parents’ general store, the only one in a 12 mi. radius of town. She received her B.A. from the University of West Florida and an accounting degree from Manatee Community College. She has been with Saturday since 2014 as our Billing and Office Manager. She is the proud mother of a genius, college-aged daughter and has been a Charlotte resident since 2012. Imelda Marcos once got lost in Esme’s shoe closet.
