# Lee Smalt — Motion Designer & Web Designer ## About Lee Smalt is a motion designer and web designer based in Underwood, Minnesota — in the heart of west-central Minnesota's Lakes Country region. With ten years of experience across agencies, in-house teams, and freelance projects, his background spans cultural anthropology and professional kitchen work, which informs a process-first, behavior-driven approach to design. He works with clients across the Otter Tail County region, greater Minnesota, North America, and internationally — entirely remote. He is a single point of contact across the full production pipeline: strategy, design, animation, filming, editing, and development. Clients hire him when they need someone who can think through the why and execute the how without a team of specialists. ## Services ### Motion Design Precision-focused motion work including animated data visualizations, 2D animation, product renders in 3D, event graphics, and motion for documentary and broadcast. Tools: After Effects, Blender 3D, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Premiere Pro, Frame.io. ### Video & Film Full-service video production from script to delivery. Corporate films, brand films, social content, and documentary series. Past work includes streaming content distributed on Amazon and Tubi. Services include directing, camera operation, editing, and post-production. ### Web & Interaction Design Custom websites built in Webflow and Squarespace, designed around real user behavior. Specializes in interaction design, 3D web experiences using Spline, Lottie animations, and WebGL effects via Unicorn Studio. Approach: curiosity is the conversion. ## Differentiators - 150+ productions across video, motion, and web - 10 years of experience building creative projects - 3.8% average engagement rate (industry standard is 1-2%) - Background in cultural anthropology and process-oriented kitchen work - Team leader and mentor with documented 130% productivity increase - Fully remote, serving local, regional, national, and international clients - Single-point-of-contact model: one person across strategy, design, and build ## Geographic Service Area Lee Smalt is based in Underwood, Minnesota, in Otter Tail County, and serves clients throughout the surrounding west-central Minnesota Lakes Country region, statewide, and beyond. Local and regional clients are especially welcome. ### Primary County: Otter Tail County, Minnesota County seat: Fergus Falls Cities and communities served: Fergus Falls, Perham, Pelican Rapids, Battle Lake, New York Mills, Henning, Parkers Prairie, Underwood, Ottertail, Vergas, Dent, Dalton, Erhard, Elizabeth, Clitherall, Richville, Bluffton, Deer Creek, Vining, Urbank, Rothsay ### Becker County, Minnesota County seat: Detroit Lakes Cities and communities: Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Audubon, Lake Park, Callaway, Ogema, Wolf Lake, Osage ### Clay County, Minnesota County seat: Moorhead Cities and communities: Moorhead, Dilworth, Barnesville, Glyndon, Hawley, Ulen, Georgetown, Felton, Hitterdal, Sabin ### Douglas County, Minnesota County seat: Alexandria Cities and communities: Alexandria, Osakis, Brandon, Evansville, Garfield, Carlos, Miltona, Kensington ### Grant County, Minnesota County seat: Elbow Lake Cities and communities: Elbow Lake, Herman, Barrett, Wendell, Ashby, Hoffman ### Todd County, Minnesota County seat: Long Prairie Cities and communities: Long Prairie, Staples, Eagle Bend, Browerville, Bertha, Upsala, Clarissa, Grey Eagle ### Wadena County, Minnesota County seat: Wadena Cities and communities: Wadena, Sebeka, Menahga, Verndale, Aldrich, Nimrod ### Wilkin County, Minnesota County seat: Breckenridge Cities and communities: Breckenridge, Wolverton, Campbell, Foxhome, Nashua ### Broader Regional Coverage West-central Minnesota, Lakes Country Minnesota, Red River Valley, Central Minnesota. Accessible to clients in the greater Fargo-Moorhead metro area (North Dakota and Minnesota border region), Alexandria Lakes area, Brainerd Lakes area, and the greater Twin Cities metro. ## Selected Clients Wanzek Construction, H2M, Forum Communications, Media on Edge, Brave, FMVB, Click Content, Fargo Brewing, Off Color, Grassroots, FBC ## Selected Work - Animated Cartography: Five maps of New York City for a feature documentary, built in After Effects and Blender under art director Ric Spencer - Product Visualization: Photorealistic 3D product renders for a premium spirits brand - Wanzek Wind Team: Corporate promotional film for the wind division of Wanzek Construction - Rides with Jay Thomas: Camera operator and editor on a reality docuseries, available on Amazon and Tubi - Union Bar & Eatery: Webflow build structured around real restaurant user behavior - Kinesis.tv: Production-ready Webflow portfolio site translated from a Photoshop design file - Spline 404 Page: Cursor-tracking 3D interactive web component built in Spline ## Contact & Booking - Email: smalt.lee@live.com - Book a virtual coffee: https://calendar.notion.so/meet/leesmalt/virtual-coffee - FAQ / Common Questions: https://www.leesmalt.com/commonquestions ## Pages - Homepage: https://www.leesmalt.com — Portfolio overview, motion design work, web design work, client list - About: https://www.leesmalt.com/about — Background, experience, approach - FAQ: https://www.leesmalt.com/commonquestions — Answers to common questions about motion design, Webflow development, interactive animations, and working with Lee Smalt