.hero {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--mist) 0%, var(--ground) 78%);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero__inner {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.02fr) minmax(0, 0.98fr);
  grid-template-areas: "content media";
  gap: var(--s-8);
  align-items: center;
  padding-block: var(--s-8) var(--s-9);
  position: relative;
}

.hero__content { grid-area: content; max-width: 34rem; }
.hero__title {
  font-size: var(--step-5);
  letter-spacing: var(--track-display);
  font-weight: 600;
}
.hero__standfirst {
  font-size: var(--step-1);
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  max-width: 46ch;
  margin-top: var(--s-5);
  line-height: 1.58;
}
.hero__actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var(--s-3); margin-top: var(--s-6); }

.hero__media { grid-area: media; position: relative; }
.hero__media img {
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 7 / 5;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center 68%;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--mist);
}

/* The certificate panel. Overlaps the image, hairline rules, mono values,
   no shadow softening. It should look like a document laid on the page. */
.hero__panel {
  grid-area: media;
  align-self: end;
  justify-self: start;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  margin: 0 0 calc(var(--s-7) * -1) calc(var(--s-8) * -1);
  width: min(20rem, 92%);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-firm);
  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
  background: var(--ground);
  padding: var(--s-5);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-2);
}
.hero__panel-head { padding-bottom: var(--s-3); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.hero__stats { display: grid; }
.hero__stat {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: var(--s-4);
  padding-block: var(--s-3);
  border-bottom: 1px dotted var(--line-firm);
  font-size: var(--step--1);
}
.hero__stat:last-child { border-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
.hero__stat dt { color: var(--ink-soft); }
.hero__stat dd { margin: 0; color: var(--ink); text-align: right; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .hero__inner {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-areas: "content" "media" "panel";
    gap: var(--s-6);
    padding-block: var(--s-7);
  }
  .hero__content { max-width: none; }
  .hero__panel {
    grid-area: panel;
    margin: 0;
    width: 100%;
    justify-self: stretch;
    box-shadow: none;
  }
  .hero__media img { aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
}