Reduce space between elements in a css grid layout - html

Question

I have a grid layout that looks like this:
I would like to reduce the whitespace between 'Job Role' and 'Company Name' & I cannot work out how to do this.
The container css looks like this:
.experience-child {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 2fr 6fr;
grid-template-rows: repeat(5, 1fr);
margin-bottom: 6em;
font-family: 'Alumni Sans', sans-serif;
}
I have tried:
Adjusting row-gap with row-gap 0;
Adjusting margin-bottom and padding-bottom of the individual elements with negative values.
Adding grid-auto-rows: min-content; to the above container
Thank you very much.
HTML & CSS to replicate:
<div class="experience-child">
<p class="years">2001-2001</p>
<p class="jobrole">Job Role</p>
<p class="company">Company Name</p>
<ul class="job-blurb">
<li>this</li>
<li>that</li>
<li>other</li>
</ul>
</div>
.experience-child {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 2fr 6fr;
grid-template-rows: repeat(5, 1fr);
margin-bottom: 6em;
font-family: 'Alumni Sans', sans-serif;
}
.last {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.jobrole {
font-weight: bold;
}
.company {
grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
font-weight: bold;
}
.job-blurb {
grid-area: 3 / 2 / 5 / 3;
}

Answer 1

grid-template-rows: repeat(5, 1fr); indicates that your grid has 5 rows of equal height. That's the height of the .experience-child container divided by 5.
There are many ways to reduce the whitespace between Job Role and Company Name:
You could reduce the height of the first row, by replacing it with e.g. grid-template-rows: 1em repeat(4, 1fr);
You could keep equal row height and move Job Role within its container with e.g. position: absolute; bottom: 0;, or padding-top: 1em;
You could place Company Name in the same container as Job Role by wrapping <p class="jobrole">Job Role</p><p class="company">Company Name</p> in a new div

Answer 2

Change grid-template-rows: repeat(5, 1fr); to grid-template-rows: repeat(1, 1fr);.
See the snippet below.
.experience-child {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 2fr 6fr;
grid-template-rows: repeat(1, 1fr);
margin-bottom: 6em;
font-family: 'Alumni Sans', sans-serif;
background-color: gold;
}
.last {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.jobrole {
font-weight: bold;
}
.company {
grid-area: 2 / 2 / 3 / 3;
font-weight: bold;
}
.job-blurb {
grid-area: 3 / 2 / 5 / 3;
}
p {
margin: 0;
}
<div class="experience-child">
<p class="years">2001-2001</p>
<p class="jobrole">Job Role</p>
<p class="company">Company Name</p>
<ul class="job-blurb">
<li>this</li>
<li>that</li>
<li>other</li>
</ul>
</div>