 After completing his PhD, Martin was a senior research fellow in film and television studies at Monash University from 2006 to 2009, and was promoted to associate professor in 2010.Martin was one of "The Age" newspaper's film reviewers for 11 years until early 2006 and has worked as a film reviewer for ABC TV and Radio National.He was co-editor of the online film journal "Rouge" between 2003 and 2009.