hˈɪkmən əfˈɪʃəli dʒˈɔɪnd ðə mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ˈɪndʌstɹi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, wˌɛn hiː mˈuːvd tə lˈʌndən, ˈɪŋɡlənd tə bɪkˌʌm ðɪ ˌɛdɪtˈoːɹɪəl ɐsˈɪstənt ˌɔn fˈɪlm ɹᵻvjˈuː fɔːɹ vˈɪʒuːəl ɪmˌædʒᵻnˈeɪʃən.
Hickman officially joined the magazine industry in 1999, when he moved to London, England to become the Editorial Assistant on Film Review for Visual Imagination.