Would you like to be the one to place a student’s cap on Manta’s head on May Day 2026?

Do you like working on projects as part of a team? Have you always wanted to party with 80,000 people? Is hanging from a crane one of your greatest dreams? We are now looking for a volunteer team to do all this at the Crowning of Manta on May Day 2026!

The Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) will crown the Havis Amanda statue on May Day Eve, 30 April 2026. We are now looking for eight volunteers for our crowning team, or Manta Crew, to participate in planning the programme and promotion of the event.

You can apply to become a member of Manta Crew by filling in an application form in Lyyti 10 December 2025–13 January 2026. The form closes at 11.59 pm on 13 January. For further information on Manta Crew and the crowning, please contact HYY’s producer or communications specialist until 17 December and again from 7 January onwards. We will contact the applicants by 16 January.

Further information:

Pia Blomstén
Producer
pia.blomsten@hyy.fi

Vilma Viertola
Communications specialist
vilma.viertola@hyy.fi

Make a free-form application (video, application letter, pitch deck, portfolio...) including the following information:

• Why do you want to join Manta Crew? What motivates you?
• What kind of things are you good at? Do you want to do something specific on the team?
• What are you like as a team member?
• What do you think would make the Crowning of Manta especially cool?

You can insert your application as a link. Also tell us which position/team you would primarily and secondarily like to join.

The teams’ areas of responsibility:

• Duties of the programme team:
  • Planning and realising the programme taking place on the stage at the crowning together with HYY’s producer
  • Planning and realising any possible events or stunts organised by the crew itself
• Duties of the communication team:
  • Planning and realising the communication content for the crowning together with HYY’s communications specialist
  • Managing the Instagram account for the crowning together with HYY’s communications specialist
• Duties of the partnership team:
  • Arranging the smaller partnerships and cooperation opportunities of the crowning together with HYY’s producer and communications specialist