About

April Goettle

Welcome! My name is April — I’m an e-commerce director and front-end developer with 9+ years of experience building and scaling digital storefronts across retail, agency, and DTC environments. Most recently, I served as Director of E-Commerce & Operations at Head West Bozeman, where I led the full rebuild of their online storefront and grew the vintage department to 25% of total store revenue. In May 2026, I’m relaunching my own DTC brand, Hunt + Gather Vintage, on Shopify.

I spent five years at Hurrdat Agency in Omaha — first as a Web Designer, then as a Front-End Developer — where I drove results like 575% growth in organic clicks, 3,300% growth in monthly organic sessions, and 336% increase in clicks for a local search client with 1,400+ locations.

I also founded Hunt + Gather Vintage in 2011 — a solo e-commerce business I’ve run across Etsy, eBay, and a self-built WordPress store while working full-time. It’s taught me everything about the real operational side of DTC e-commerce.

Competencies

CSS

HTML

JavaScript

jQuery

PHP

WordPress

Illustrator

InDesign

InVision

Photoshop

Sketch

XD

ADA

Agile

Responsive Design

UI / UX

Asana / Trello

Microsoft Teams

Shopify

Lightspeed

Squarespace

WooCommerce

Certifications

Wordpress Specialization

Interface School Omaha

Javascript Front End Development Specialization

Interface School Omaha

Java Specialization

Interface School Omaha

Foundations of UX Design

Google

Foundations of Project Management

Google

Content Marketing

Udemy

WordPress Essentials

Udemy

App Development Certification

Shopify

Product Fundamentals Certification

Shopify

Theme Development Certification

Shopify

Business Fundamentals Certification

Shopify

Education

Bachelor's Degree, IT Innovation

University of Nebraska at Omaha
magna cum laude
Specialized Computer science degree focused on Front End Development

Awards

Women Innovators Fellowship

Do Space

David & Linda Hinton Scholarship Recipient

UNO

Phillip Schrager Student Leaders Scholarship Recipient

UNO

Innovation Pitch Finalist

UNO

Big Idea Pitch Finalist

UNO