Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Digital Product Designer

at Scout Motors

🏢 About Scout Motors

Scout Motors is reimagining iconic American SUVs as next-generation all-electric trucks, blending heritage with sustainable innovation. The company offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of electric vehicles while working on a beloved brand with deep cultural roots. Their mission to revolutionize the electric pick-up and rugged SUV marketplace makes them an exciting player in the automotive industry's transition to sustainability.

About This Role

As a Senior Digital Product Designer at Scout Motors, you'll serve as a full-stack designer responsible for user research, interaction design, visual design, and experience/product ecosystem strategy across responsive web, mobile native, and in-store digital experiences. This role is impactful because you'll be designing customer-facing technology solutions that shape customer relationships for an iconic brand transitioning to electric vehicles, ensuring seamless user experiences across all digital touchpoints.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve collaborating with the User Research team on customer insights, designing responsive web interfaces for vehicle configuration, reviewing mobile app prototypes with engineering partners, and participating in cross-functional meetings with Brand and Comms teams to ensure design consistency. You'd likely balance multiple projects while contributing to design system development and ensuring all digital experiences reflect Scout's iconic brand identity.

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🎯 Who Scout Motors Is Looking For

  • A full-stack designer with 5+ years of experience specifically focused on customer-facing digital products, not just UI/UX design
  • Someone who can demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced startup environment while managing multiple projects and last-minute tasks effectively
  • A collaborative team player who thrives working across functional areas (User Research, In-Vehicle UX, Brand, Comms) and with engineering partners
  • A designer with deep brand application skills who can translate Scout's identity into digital design elements like layout, color theory, typography, and iconography

📝 Tips for Applying to Scout Motors

1

Tailor your portfolio to highlight customer-facing digital products specifically, not just any design work, and include examples of responsive web, mobile native, and in-store digital experiences

2

Explicitly demonstrate your 'full-stack' capabilities by showing projects that include user research, interaction design, visual design, and ecosystem strategy in your application materials

3

Research Scout's brand heritage and show in your application how you would apply their iconic American SUV identity to digital design elements

4

Prepare examples of how you've collaborated with engineering teams to create 'build-once, use-many' environments in previous roles

5

Highlight specific experiences where you've contributed to establishing design best practices, standards, and guidelines within a team

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience with customer-facing digital products in the automotive or similar complex product industries', "Specific examples of how you've applied brand identity to digital design elements (layout, color theory, typography, language, iconography)", 'Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple teams (User Research, In-Vehicle UX, Brand, Comms) and with engineering partners', 'Your approach to managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Scout Motors' brand heritage and how they're positioning themselves in the electric vehicle market compared to competitors
  • → The specific challenges of designing digital experiences for automotive products (purchase journey, ownership experience, service integration)
  • → Current Scout leadership team and their backgrounds in automotive, technology, and design industries
  • → The company's sustainability mission and how it translates to their product and brand strategy

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you approach designing a seamless user experience across responsive web, mobile native, and in-store digital touchpoints for an electric vehicle brand?
2 Can you walk us through a specific project where you collaborated with engineering teams to create a 'build-once, use-many' environment?
3 How would you apply Scout's iconic American SUV heritage to modern digital design elements while maintaining brand consistency?
4 Describe your experience establishing design best practices, standards, and guidelines within a team or organization
5 How do you prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, especially when handling last-minute tasks in a fast-paced environment?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Presenting a portfolio heavy on marketing websites or internal tools rather than customer-facing digital products
  • Failing to demonstrate collaboration skills with cross-functional teams, especially engineering partners
  • Showing generic design work without specific examples of brand application or ecosystem thinking
  • Appearing rigid or unable to adapt to last-minute changes in a fast-paced environment

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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