Carat Names Somerset Head of Hyundai/Kia Media

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LOS ANGELES–Carat USA has named veteran automotive media executive Tom Somerset senior vice president, group director for its $450-million Hyundai/Kia media planning account, sources said.

Somerset, 53, moves over from Ground Zero, Marina del Rey, Calif., which he joined as executive media director in July 2001. One of the most well-known car marketing executives in Southern California, Somerset has spent the bulk of his 25 years in the business working on automotive media accounts in New York and L.A.,

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