Zak Keller

Zachary (Zak) has been working ​in show business for the past 27 years. In that time, he’s been a Technical Designer, Art Director, Set Designer, Audio Engineer, Production Manager, Video Designer, Carpenter, Prop Master, or Charge Artist for hundreds of productions; covering theatre, opera, musicals, dance, episodic television, touring concerts, music festivals, awards shows, top secret product launches, Fashion, trade shows, and professional wrestling. Zak is driven to be the person that figures out how to make it happen on time, and just barely under budget. Zak has previously served on the faculties of the School of Theatre on Penn State’s University Park Campus, and the University of Northern Colorado’s School of Theatre Arts and Dance.

Today, Zachary is the Senior Project Manager at Atomic Design, based in Lititz Pennsylvania. Over the last 12 years with Atomic, he has led extremely diverse projects: awards shows, concerts, tours, music festivals, professional wrestling, art installations, corporate events, pop-up stores, and tiny homes. From Taylor Swift, to Stephen Hawking; Zak has been privileged to set the stage for the virtuosi of our time. His job description may vary wildly based on a project’s needs, but the basic components are: 25% Technical Designer, 25% Art Director, 25% Roadie, 25% Workflow Wrangler, 25% person you talk to when your printer settings are wrong.