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John Partilla was named President of Time Warner Global Media Group in June 2004. He holds the additional title of Senior Vice President, Time Warner.
Reporting to Jeff Bewkes, President and COO of Time Warner, Partilla leads the Global Media Group in its mission to partner more effectively with major Time Warner advertisers, and help drive the growth of advertising and marketing revenue across all of Time Warner’s businesses. In his tenure, Partilla has redefined the way Time Warner assets are more strategically and creatively leveraged against client partners’ strategic priorities, leading to a growth in the partner roster and significantly increased revenue per partner. Additionally, Partilla has grown advertising revenue for Time Warner’s international businesses by expanding U.S. programs globally.
Prior to overseeing the Global Media Group, Partilla was Founder and CEO of Brand Buzz, a $100mm billing creative solutions agency within the WPP Group, which he launched in January 2000. Additionally, he was EVP, Global Client Leader of Sony Electronics for Y&R (a WPP agency), and elected to the Y&R Worldwide Advertising Board in 2002.
Preceding his WPP roles, he managed a varied roster of client portfolios over his Y&R tenure and from 1997-1999 led Y&R’s global business development efforts, resulting in over a billion dollars in topline revenue growth, and Y&R being recognized as the new business industry leader during those years.
In 1998, based on his business development achievements, Partilla was selected as one of Crain’s Top 40 Under 40, as one of New York’s leading achievers across all industries. In 2006, he was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
Outside of work, Partilla sits on a number of boards including The Advertising Club of New York and the Second Stage Theatre Company. He is also actively involved with the Paley Center for Media, and the media alumni community of Columbia Business School, from which he holds an MBA.
He resides, with his family, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. | 