Leo Smits
Available for projects Amsterdam, NL

Leo Smits

Senior Content Designer

UX · AI · Content Systems

I design content systems that scale. From AI-driven workflows to governance frameworks — I turn content into infrastructure for product teams. At Flying Blue I own content strategy for 30M+ members across two brands and three languages.

Expertise

AI tooling & prompt systems LLM-assisted workflows, prompt architecture and output governance
Content governance Taxonomy, glossary design and terminology systems
UX writing Transactional and product flows across all platforms
Content strategy Messaging architecture and hierarchy
CMS & design systems Contentstack, Figma
Localisation End-to-end pipelines in EN / NL / FR
Experimentation Data-informed iteration and A/B testing
Cross-functional Product, design, engineering and legal collaboration

Case Studies

Six cases drawn from active projects — each with a concrete problem, approach and result. Work that protects meaning at scale.

01
GenAI Prompting Content Architecture
Building a GenAI-powered help widget for flyingblue.com
FBCOM Declarative Agent — member-facing AI assistant
Key skill: Designing and writing for GenAI-powered products — prompt architecture, output governance, and managing LLM paraphrasing risk in multilingual systems.
02
Data-informed Stakeholder Alignment
Arguing for global search using existing user research
Flying Blue app navigation — search scope decision
Key skill: Using qualitative research and existing user data to drive content decisions — translated into clear, actionable recommendations for product stakeholders.
03
Localisation Governance Taxonomy
Preventing terminology drift across three languages and two brands
Flying Blue content taxonomy — cross-check log
Key skill: End-to-end localisation management — identifying and resolving terminology inconsistencies before they enter the translation pipeline.
04
Stakeholder Management Legal & Compliance
Delivering a legal review package across three partner organisations
Daily Miles Open Banking — T&Cs v3, Privacy Notice, question lists
Key skill: Managing competing stakeholder requirements across legal, product, and partner teams — deliberate decisions about what to ship and what to hold.
05
End-to-end Ownership Multilingual
Personalised carousel copy for five member tiers in three languages
Dynamic Yield carousel — earn and spend slides
Key skill: Full ownership from content strategy through localisation handoff — with quality control built in at brief stage, not production stage.
06
Mobile-first Copy Optimisation
Rewriting flyingblue.com copy for mobile-first constraints
Flying Blue site — mobile copy optimisation with rationale document
Key skill: Systematic approach to writing for all devices — with documented decisions that make the rationale auditable and scalable across a team.

Projects

VinFast

Key Opinion Leader Strategy

VinFast — European Reelveal

50+ influencers on a journey from Oslo, Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris to Hanoi. A fully digital 'reelveal' playing with social media algorithms.

Social Media Influencer Marketing Content Strategy
LeasePlan

Freelance UX Writing / Copywriting

LeasePlan — Digital One

Digitisation of business processes and customer journey development across 32 countries. UX writing for website and app.

UX Writing Website App
CarNext Max Verstappen

UX Writer / Content Designer · May 2021 – May 2023

CarNext — Multi-market Platform

UX writing and content strategy for a large-scale e-commerce platform across 21 markets. Localisation-ready content and consistency across multiple squads and product iterations.

UX Writing 21 markten Localisation E-commerce
Schiphol

Freelance Senior UX Writer · May 2023 – Sep 2024

Royal Schiphol Group — Wilbur

UX writing and content strategy for Wilbur, a real-time operational dashboard in a safety-critical airport environment. End-to-end, from research through implementation.

UX Writing Content Strategy User Research Safety-critical
Flying Blue — Air France KLM

Senior Content Designer · Sep 2024 – present

Flying Blue — AI & Content Systems

GenAI-powered help system, 248-term glossary and AI-assisted workflow for a loyalty platform with 30M+ members — across Air France and KLM.

GenAI Content Governance Terminology Systems UX Writing
ABN AMRO

UX Writer · Aug 2020 – May 2021

ABN AMRO — Onboarding & Tikkie

Redesign of onboarding and product messaging across multiple banking apps, including Tikkie. Bilingual UX content (EN/NL) in complex financial flows.

UX Writing Onboarding Bilingual

Media

Documents & Cases

A selection of cases and work documents: from tone of voice development and research for Wilbur (Royal Schiphol Group) to UX copy and content strategy for CarNext. Concrete work, with context.