Time Warner has appointed JOHN PARTILLA, a former senior executive at WPP Group's Young & Rubicam Inc., New York, and founder and CEO of Y&R's Brand Buzz agency, as president of its Global Marketing Solutions group. Partilla succeeds MICHAEL J. KELLY, who moved in January 2004 to Time Warner's America Online unit as president, AOL Media Networks. Partilla will coordinate advertiser-driven programs that involve all of Time Warner's business units. Since 2000, Partilla has served as CEO of Brand Buzz, a creative solutions agency he founded within Y&R Inc. He also served as executive vice president, global client leader of …

PHD USA has named MIKE O’MALLEY president of PHD, Detroit. O’Malley was most recently president of J. Walter Thompson’s Detroit and Houston offices. In his new role, O’Malley will be responsible for all the services of the PHD Detroit office.

Cossette Post has named SUSAN MANBER as executive planning director. Most recently, Manber was partner and director of strategic planning for Gardner Nelson & Partners.

JACK POOR has joined the Television Bureau of Advertising as vice president of marketing. Poor comes to TVB from Petry Media Corp., where he was executive vice president.

BILL FREEMAN, former president of direct response TV firm Advanced Results Marketing and former president of the TBWA Chiat/Day office in St. Louis, was named president of Mozaic, a full-service creative design firm.

Poindexter Systems announced that Interpublic Group of Cos veteran DEBRA S. MASON has joined the company as chief financial officer. In this role, Mason’s duties will encompass all internal financial functions, as well as contract negotiations for Poindexter. Most recently, she was EVP and CFO of Interpublic’s NFO WorldGroup.

The Weather Channel announced that NANCY APATOV has joined the company as vice president of Ad Products and Integrated Content, TWC Media Solutions. In her new role, Apatov is responsible for overseeing cable and ad products for The Weather Channel cable network and for the online, wireless, and broadband services provided by The Weather Channel Interactive. Most recently, Apatov served as SVP, director of media for J. Walter Thompson Technology.

THOMAS ROCCO was named executive vice president, sales and marketing at TNS Media Intelligence/CMR, from president of College Television Network. Rocco will be responsible for all sales and marketing efforts for the TNS Media Intelligence/CMR brand. He will also lead the activities of TNS Media Intelligence/CMR’s client service group.

ROB WILK has joined Avenue A as search engine marketing director. Wilk joins Avenue A/NYC to spearhead the interactive agency’s search efforts on behalf of its client base, including Victoria’s Secret, Chase, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Most recently, he spent the past two years at Overture Services, a Yahoo! Company, managing the Mid-Atlantic territory.

Gardner Nelson & Partners announced that ROBERT SOLOMON has joined the company to create a direct response division under the name Gardner Nelson Solomon. Solomon was most recently CEO of Rapp Collins New York, and previously was president of direct & interactive marketing at Ammirati Puris Lintas.