Mr Hugh Baldwin
Hugh has recently been appointed as Digital Media Director at Nickelodeon in Sydney. His responsibilities include business management and strategic development of Nickelodeon’s digital media activities including online, mobile and itv applications.
As a PhD student at ITRI, Hugh designed and developed nine iTV prototypes as part of a three year study on how interactivity can enhance children’s television. He also worked with the Seven Network on their enhanced digital channel coverage of the Athens Olympics, the 2005 Australian Tennis Open and the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
During the last ten years, Hugh has been working as a script-and-screenwriter with over ten professional credits. Hugh has also worked extensively as a director and producer for children's theatre, animation, live action, radio, television, the internet and video. In 1999, Future Visions, written by Hugh, won a Silver Award at the 33rd Annual US Film and Video awards. Hugh is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). He was also nominated for an AFI award in 1994 in the television section.
Hugh spent three years working as an NRL, Super 12 and NSL accredited journalist. He travelled to Korea and Japan to cover the 2002 FIFA World Cup for NOVA and the RG Capital radio network. Hugh was the editor and online producer for a Sydney-based sports-entertainment company overseeing the production and delivery of broadband and narrowband sports content.
