Reed Stiller (far right) with fellow interns at Hasbro
This series highlights BC MBA students’ summer internships, featuring their firsthand accounts of navigating internships across various industries and roles.
In the summer of 2025, Reed Stiller (MBA ’26) was a global brand marketing intern at Hasbro in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
How did you secure your internship?
Thanks to the Carroll School of Management’s excellent alumni! I reached out to a couple of Carroll School MBA alumni just to learn a little more about Hasbro, which turned into forming a great connection and ultimately helped guide me to the internship program. I was able to have such informative conversations with them, which really helped prepare me for applying and interviewing for the role.
How did the first year of your MBA prepare you for your internship?
The core curriculum data analytics courses gave me a great perspective on how to approach working with data, even in a non-analytics role. I was inspired to dig deeper and ask more questions when presented with reports and analytical tasks based on how those courses shaped my view on working with datasets.
My marketing courses and electives also really prepared me for the brand and digital communications projects I worked on, providing me with a great foundation of knowledge to build upon over the summer.
What did you gain from your internship?
One of my main takeaways from my summer at Hasbro was how important it is to form genuine connections with everyone you work with. Being able to have the opportunity to learn from the talented people around me in an authentic way was invaluable, and the most informative conversations I had were the ones with people who worked in completely different roles than I did.
Another key takeaway was how important passion is to fueling both a successful business and personal career. Seeing how Hasbro was able to tap into the passion of fans and employees to drive their growth gave me a totally new perspective as a brand marketer, and also showed me how honing in on the things you care about most in your work can lead to personal growth.