Meet Jamie
We’re excited to announce that Jamie Sefton, Managing Director at Game Republic, will be joining us for the panel discussion at Bloom 2025!

Jamie Sefton began his career as a writer and editor of games magazines such as PC Zone and is now the Managing Director of the Northern England games business network Game Republic, which won the Supporting Star Award at the Develop: Brighton Conference in 2024.
Game Republic has more than 1300 game developer members across the North, runs monthly business events across the region, provides bespoke business development advice and contacts and organises twice-yearly GaMaYo events and awards for 400+ game developers.
Jamie also leads Department for Business and Trade missions to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, USA and has organised investment events for GamesIndustry.biz.
Be inspired with us at Bloom 2025
Baltic Creative invite you to join us for a day focused on collaboration, innovation and placemaking. Bloom 2025 is a future-focused business festival uniting creative and digital leaders. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, or simply someone with a passion for community-building, there’s something for you at Bloom!
Join us on Thursday 6th March to be inspired. 🌱