Design: Create new hero that works with overlay for the hackforla.org website

Overview

We need to design a new hero for the TDM project page on HackforLA.org that works effectively with the website’s existing overlay so that the content is visually balanced.

Details

The current hero is not visually effective with the existing overlay treatment. The image appears muted and seems to resemble a smog-covered cityscape, which does not align with the project’s intended presentation.

Action Items

• Assign yourself to this issue.
• Move the issue from Prioritized Backlog to In Progress.
• In Figma, move a blank page to the Design section.
• Change the Figma page's title to have the format "#Issue Number | Title | Assignee Name".
• Copy contents from the Figma Template page to this issue's Figma page.
• Include a link to this issue's Figma page in the Figma section below.
• Use the Figma page to design solutions for this issue.
• Once this issue is ready to be reviewed:
  • Add a comment tagging the team design lead that explains the design.
  • Move it to the Visual Review column.
  • Add the "ready for Design lead label
  • Once you have received feedback from the team lead, implement feedback as necessary.
• Use presentation structure to review proposed designs with the design director. Implement feedback as necessary.
• Use presentation structure to review proposed designs with the product, development, and research teams. Implement feedback as necessary.
• Create a new slide (or edit one if it already exists) in staging and add images and appropriate text
• Receive design approval from stakeholders. Implement feedback as necessary.
• Add any annotations to the Figma design that would help the developer with implementation.
• Create a Ready for Dev section around the final designs on the Figma page.
• Update the Figma Design System with changes resulting from the issue's final design, if applicable.
• Update the Style Guide Presentation, if applicable.
• Add a comment to the issue that references the final design and adds any annotations that would help the developer with implementation.
• Create a development handoff issue that references the comment.
• Move the Figma page to the Development section of the Figma file.
• Add the development issue's number in parentheses at the beginning of the title of the Figma page.
• Include the development handoff issue number in the GitHub section below.
• Reassign any previous assignees to this issue.
• Close this issue.

Resources

GitHub

• https://github.com/hackforla/website/issues/8348

Figma

• Marketing Materials

Dev Site

Staging and Release decks

• Staging Deck
  • [Staging slide, ISSUE NUMBER]
• Release Deck
  • [2025-MM-DD Release deck, slide ISSUE NUMBER]